Most of my publication's readers are Philadelphia public-school parents
or graduates, I reckon. I agree with you they differ from the average
UC-list reader in that regard. For many of our neighbors, the School
District's woes are strictly theoretical, things that just happen to
other people -- "local people", as one of our brave social critics put it.
To have a child in the public-school system is to be a "local person".
And that means (on UC-list) we are boring to the chief theme of UC-list,
which is to talk about how bad Penn is.
But my publication's readers seldom think or talk or write about Penn --
whether it's bad or good. Neither do my kids' peers' parents. Neither do
the readers of UCNeighbors, for that matter. Its badness or goodness
doesn't drive most of our lives. Most Philadelphians have a different
take on University City than UC-list. To most of us, universities are
just one more force in town to be dealt with.
-- Tony West
Wilma de Soto wrote:
How would readers of the publication you write for feel about that?
I am just curious.
The lack of response on the UC Listserv is a good indicator people would not
wish to roll that way.
On 4/13/08 7:24 PM, "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Of course I am.
Of course, I am a veteran of School District HSA meetings and
organizations. 90% of what I've been though, I shall never write about,
anymore than you will ever publish on this listserve more than a taste
of your experience in the System.
But I know what it means to teach. And I know what it means to have a
child that needs to be taught.
-- Tony West
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