I was very excited to hear Gorski speak, especially once I read his articles.  He has a lot of valid points that I had not thought of prior to this.  I had the sense as I was reading that he was someone famous–which I realize now that was a little silly of me.  He is just a person like you and me.  He’s an advocate for education.  Which ALL of us in this Ed.S program are!  There were so many statistics that really backed up a lot of what he had to say about children in poverty.  I know that I have heard certain stereotypes associated with children/people living in poverty and it is so disappointing to know that there are some educators and politicians who buy into these stereotypes.  I think that everyone who is in education could benefit from hearing Paul speak.  As a matter of fact I’m thinking of speaking to my principal about having him either come to our school or at least having her look at his website and power point.  Make one small change at a time, right?  Well this will be one step towards my change.