At the 2010 NAGC Convention
Humanities, as a field, is becoming increasingly lost. I thought the best way to try to save it is to keep it from becoming a “wandering bark,” and becoming potentially lost forever. We need to, as a country, find our position in reference to the proverbial Pole star, and right our course back toward including the field of study that teaches us to remember that we are all, in the end, human.
My name is Heather Nolen and I am a high school English teacher with a special interest in British history and literature. I am a self-driven student of literature and history – the humanities – because not only do I possess a passion for the aforementioned topics, but because I believe they are an important component of a well-rounded education and, more importantly, a well-rounded human being.
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