Friday, September 7, 2018

Episode 1: History in Our Hands


Today’s episode is an essay I wrote for Chicken Soup for the Soul and it was published in their book, Inspiration for Teachers in 2017. It’s about the history teacher I had in 9th grade that changed my entire perception of what history was and why it mattered. I chose it for the first podcast because it speaks to the reason why I pursued history in academia and why I wanted to create this podcast. Here’s to you, Robert Parks. Thank you for all that you gave to your students. Thank you for what you give us still.


Me (in the glasses) standing next to Mr. Parks on the last day of school, May 1989




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