Dear Blogger,
I gave my presentation, officially titled as The Last Garden Spot in Chicago: Civil Rights and American Nazis Come to Marquette Park, today. What a wordy title.
It went really well, as far as any presentation that I can give can go. The time slot was cut back from 30 minutes to 20, which was okay. I just talked faster, (which I cannot do unless I’m under pressure, which is weird. But we had thirteen people presenting—so if we’d kept it to thirty minutes, that’s around seven hours. We kept it to six, with lunch and a few breaks here and there), and I cut out some of the more fancy-hey-lookit-me-I-did-extra-research details.
And for those of you that are interested, I cut out the part about the interplay between class and race, for the most part. I alluded to it, but we have to remember that I was only giving a thirty (twenty) minute presentation. Race & class are pretty complicated stuff, and I’d only create more questions than answers, so I avoided it. (And when I was putting together the Power Point, I kept creating more and more slides... it was more trouble than it was worth.) Though, I did keep the idea of the internalization of racial boundaries and the overall impact these two groups had on one another, and, more importantly, Marquette Park. Fascinating stuff.
It was a great project to work on. I enjoyed the topic, I loved working on it, I formed a close relationship with my teacher Leesa (she wrote her masters about community organizing in the Southwest… truly a great resource), I uncovered some kind of scary and weird stuff about how people act, and I re-interested myself in learning at school. And possibly some ideas for FURSCA, if I’m still thinking about that.
And it’s finished!
I’m finished.
And here we are.
But there’s more to come. I still have to say goodbye to these people and the city. It’s not going to be fun at all. Everyone’s leaving on Wednesday.
I gave my presentation, officially titled as The Last Garden Spot in Chicago: Civil Rights and American Nazis Come to Marquette Park, today. What a wordy title.
It went really well, as far as any presentation that I can give can go. The time slot was cut back from 30 minutes to 20, which was okay. I just talked faster, (which I cannot do unless I’m under pressure, which is weird. But we had thirteen people presenting—so if we’d kept it to thirty minutes, that’s around seven hours. We kept it to six, with lunch and a few breaks here and there), and I cut out some of the more fancy-hey-lookit-me-I-did-extra-research details.
And for those of you that are interested, I cut out the part about the interplay between class and race, for the most part. I alluded to it, but we have to remember that I was only giving a thirty (twenty) minute presentation. Race & class are pretty complicated stuff, and I’d only create more questions than answers, so I avoided it. (And when I was putting together the Power Point, I kept creating more and more slides... it was more trouble than it was worth.) Though, I did keep the idea of the internalization of racial boundaries and the overall impact these two groups had on one another, and, more importantly, Marquette Park. Fascinating stuff.
It was a great project to work on. I enjoyed the topic, I loved working on it, I formed a close relationship with my teacher Leesa (she wrote her masters about community organizing in the Southwest… truly a great resource), I uncovered some kind of scary and weird stuff about how people act, and I re-interested myself in learning at school. And possibly some ideas for FURSCA, if I’m still thinking about that.
And it’s finished!
I’m finished.
And here we are.
But there’s more to come. I still have to say goodbye to these people and the city. It’s not going to be fun at all. Everyone’s leaving on Wednesday.
Goodbye Friends,
Steve
ps- if you want to know more about my directed study, as there is still more, just let me know.
ps- if you want to know more about my directed study, as there is still more, just let me know.
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