LGBTQ teachers should be celebrated, not demonized
On June 4, likely more than half of the students of the 1964-66 elementary school class of Charles Silverstein will attend his memorial in New York City.
This man was a truly innovative, original and life changing public school teacher. Our class day, in a New York suburb, began with Mr.
S reading the New York Times and discussing the many important issues of the day. We were fortunate enough to then get to work on one of the many amazing projects this teacher presented to us: Learning to grow hydroponic vegetables, presenting a play to help us understand the meaning of propaganda by educating our fellow students about the evils of bubble gum, as well as a heavily rehearsed modern dance performance for the school.
The moms, who mainly were stay-at-home at that time, loved him because we all were so excited about attending school, so many moms volunteered to come in and teach to their strengths.
