REMARKS
Council Member Brewer addresses challenges in civic education
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Council Member Gale Brewer shares her observations on the challenges faced in civic education, particularly noting the lack of engagement with traditional news sources among students.
- Brewer mentions her experience teaching at Hunter College and working with community interns.
- She highlights that even senior students have never opened a newspaper, presenting a significant challenge for civic education.
- The Council Member expresses frustration that some of her colleagues don't meet with students for school projects or journalism inquiries.
Gale Brewer
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I mean, I have a little bit of a good perspective.
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I have a lot of community interns, and I teach Hunter.
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And I will tell you that even as teaching seniors, nobody's ever opened a newspaper ever.
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And I understand that's the world that we live in, but that's a challenge that needs that's part of civic education.
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And the second thing is you know, I would actually suggest, I I get a little frustrated because some of my colleagues, not these 2, don't meet with students who are talking about journalism or have a school project.
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They don't.
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So they call me, they call somebody here.