So, last week, I described my reactions to our synagogue’s trip to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Atlanta. I told you that we went with about 100 folks ranging in age from 5 to 90. And, we were joined by students from George Washington University and from Birmingham.
My three posts (for those who don’t recall, or worse yet- never saw them in the first place) are found here:
23 January 2017 24 January 2017 25 January 2017
And, when I went to shul this past Shabat (which also coincided with Rosh Chodesh, the new month of Shvat), I perused (as I always do) the children’s weekly paper, Kids Shpiel. (Our kids write their own stories about the weekly Tora reading, including jokes.) This week, the kids provided their impressions of their trip to Selma.
I am sharing their amazing recount with you. (Yes, I have removed their last names to keep their identities somewhat private!)
Kudos to each and every one of these great kids. One always wonders if our children learn the appropriate lessons. These certainly did!
That’s awesome! I love when kids learn big life lessons at a young age – impresses on their young minds the importance of justice and good. Thanks, Roy
Chondra….Me, too.
I truly was in awe of what these kids learned on their whirlwind trip. Not to mention their stamins, walking miles in the relative heat, paying attention as they trudged from place to place.
Thanks for the visit!
I have always been of the opinion that faith communities need to be teaching our kids about the world. If we don’t, they will learn to see it through a secular worldview. I think it’s fantastic that you all took this trip, but especially so that you included the kids. It reminds me of the instruction to teach your kids “when you sit in your house, and when you walk on the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.”
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That was a most auspicious share, Susan. Thanks for helping complete the analysis. 🙂
The kids did a great job with their articles. Their stories were well written and showed a lot of feeling. I really enjoyed reading the story of Rosa Parks from the perspective of these big-hearted children. Thank you so much for sharing their stories.
I knew I had to do do, Alice. Their observations completed the cycle and made clear the objectives of the trip.
Thanks for your comments; they helped solidify the lessons learned.
What terrific recounts from children! Sounds like this was a trip that will stay with them for a long time.
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One can only hope, Martha. So, they can teach others what civic lessons can achieve to improve our democracy.
Roy, yes, my kids (and the kids I work with in my daughter’s and son’s Scout troops) also amaze me from time to time when I get an insight into something like this randomly (and sometimes in answers to pointed questions!).. Reading about your Selma trip was insightful and interesting
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Vidya,
There used to be a TV show in America, Kids Say The Darn destination Things. They do, because their observations and learning often occurs in unfiltered moments. If that sticks with them, we are all better off?