Newsflash
Being on sabbatical has caused me to forget just how badly many of my students write, and how carelessly they use words.
We now return to your usual programming.
Labels: doing good in the world, pedagogy
Give 'til/when it hurts
Here's a way to send aid money that will go directly to help the children orphaned, temporarily homeless, or displaced from institutional care by China's massive earthquake. I know the organization, Half the Sky, that is helping with this, and word is that the Ford Motor Company has agreed to match all donations 1:1. God knows for what cynical reason they are doing this--the vast market of auto purchasers in China?--but hell, a good thing is a good thing. And I do think Ford is trying to take the lead in being a more responsible and transformed company.
Many Chinese families will be mourning the loss of their only child, while many children are probably newly orphaned, stranded, and injured. I know things are as bad--likely worse--in Burma; if I find a good link for donations that will actually be delivered there, under any auspices, I will gladly post it, as well.
So much sorrow and devastation. So little I can do but wring my hands.
Labels: doing good in the world
