"Well," Steve began as his students gathered, "today is our last day together. I hope you all learned something, if only to take a closer look at what you believe. I apologize for any problems, I'm still ironing out the kinks on this 'teaching' thing. So, today we have celebratory punch and pie for all surviving seven weeks together, but before ( Read more... )

"I had a different class planned this week," Steve began apologetically, "but things have gone somewhat awry. I talked earlier about what to do if your government and your nation were wrong. Well, it may have reached your notice that the government of this school is wrong. So your assignment for this week is civil disobedience. Have fun. Try ( Read more... )

"Good morning, class," said Steve as the students gathered. "I don't actually have a lecture today. Instead, each of you is going to give a presentation on your nation. Then we'll discuss what you learned, and then you can run away. Sound good? Great. Let's get started."

"Congratulations," Steve said, "You're now past the halfway point of this class. I won't say I hope you've learned something, but merely that I hope you've questioned at least a little bit what you thought you already know, and also that I hope I haven't managed to mortally offend anyone. I think I owe a few of you an apology for last week, since ( Read more... )

Mr. Rogers looked around at his students as they filed in, his expression somber. Once they were all present and accounted for, he began to speak. "So, last week, I asked what you think would be the right thing to do when your loyalties are split between two nations or factions. And now I'm going to talk about what you should do if you find that ( Read more... )

Once again, Steve was waiting for his students in a clearing. "Last week, I asked you what your personal definition of patriotism was, and your answers were very interesting, and for the most part along the same lines, which just goes to show that patriotism is a universal value. And one of you made a comment that I thought was worth following up ( Read more... )

Steve was waiting for his new students in a small clearing this morning. "Good morning!" he said cheerfully. "I'm Steve Rogers, and I'll be your instructor, which you probably knew already. And in this workshop, we will be discussing patriotism and what it means to be a patriot. We'll start off with introductions. Everybody tell me your name, ( Read more... )