Essay - Diversity in Her Article for Tolerance.org, Dana Williams Comments on...

Diversity

In her article for Tolerance.org, Dana Williams comments on burge*****ing alternative student break programs that include hands-on encounters with the history of race relations and cultural diversity in America. The trend was started by Jeff Steinberg, a C*****lifornia high school teacher who took a class on a tour of southern civil rights sites. Bec*****use of the positive reception he received from the initial field trip, Steinberg formed an organization dedicated to helping students learn about the ***** rights movement by taking them on *****urs of the Deep South. His *****, Sojourn to the Past, the people and places they learn ***** in the classroom come to life. O*****r alternative break programs such as those sp*****sored by the organization Break Away encourage community service ***** o*****r means ***** encountering diversity first-hand. Operation Understanding DC fosters understanding among the black and Jewish communities of Washington, DC, while the Other America Tour enables ***** to visit other parts of their home cities to interact ***** persons of different class, ethnic, ***** religious backgrounds.

***** wish I had been able to participate in one of the many programs that Dana Williams describes in her article. These hands-on encounters enhance traditional f*****ms ***** education because ***** eliminate classroom boredom. There is nothing more exciting for students than a field trip, and an extended educational field ***** has enormous potential for the future of education. Hopefully, programs like these c***** become more the norm, more of an established part of public school curricula. We need ***** introduce children to community service as well, ***** ***** more people to ***** socially aware. ***** always learn more ***** first-hand encounters than from textbooks; trips ***** place ***** face-to-face with such things as racism and other social issues contributes immensely to personal growth.

***** so-called alternative break programs are essential in promoting racial tolerance and **********. A diverse society cannot merely pay lip service to issues like racism. Political correctness is a poor substitute ***** "bre*****king