Article: YOUR VIEWS


The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-09-2009

YOUR VIEWS
Date: 03-09-2009, Monday
Section: OPINION
Edtion: All Editions
Column: YOUR VIEWS

When art becomes the best teacher

As a teacher, I found " 'Danger and betrayal' " (Page A-1, March 5) about "grade fixing" at Fort Lee High School to be of great interest. I knew it would capture the attention of my students as well.

The story afforded an excellent opportunity for classroom discussion of grades and college admission, as well as the more abstract (and complex) notion of integrity, which is a topic that my students and I had already been discussing in connection with our study of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman."

In the play, Willy Loman, the ...

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