Jim Spradley - Child of Sharecroppers - Education, part 2 - 168




Teaching Learning Leading K-12 show

Summary: <p><img src="//TeachingLearningLeadingK12.podbean.com/mf/web/t8f78k/book_2.jpg" alt="book_2.jpg" width="375" height="139"></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is part 2 of my interview with Jim Spradley. He was born in 1923 in south Georgia.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He is in his 90's. Today we are talking about education and a desire to go to school.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jim mentions books that made an impact on him when he was young. He liked the stories of the hero making it to the top by working hard.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He discusses his father allowing him to go to school but that when he got home from school he changed clothes to do his chores.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jim shares thoughts about teachers celebrating kids who did something great! He comments that many of the older boys talked about getting old enough to quit school not school as a way out.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy this new segment of my interview of Jim Spradley.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Make sure that you listen past when we say goodbye. We talk a little longer. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Next week I will have a short episode as I reflect on Jim's comments in part two.</span></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Length- 14:38</span></p><br> <p> </p>