I'm curious...many of us seem to have "Eagle pride". Help me understand what Eagle Pride means to you? What does being an Andress Alumni mean to you? What legacy should we have as "proud Eagles"?
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Sherry Mitchell PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHarry Asmussen: And what does that mean to you? What does "pride" do for you and others in terms of translation to action? So you celebrate the past. What can you do to leverage your pride for the future?
Karen Nelson Damron: Though I didn't realize it at the time, being an Andress Eagle meant gaining a tolerant worldview.....what I mean by that is, we were truly (they still are) a melting pot of cultures in El Paso. The large Hispanic and military population made it that way, but I always thought that it was just a normal thing, ya' know? Where I live now is so homogeneous, and I think it breeds misunderstanding and intolerance. I've witnessed a disturbing attitude toward other cultures that have moved into the area I currently live in (very isolated and rural). I can say I really have a hard time understanding it (the attitudes).
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Harry Asmussen: So, Karen, you have a sense of awareness that is a survival trait. So how can you translate that to action? BTW, you are spot on with my experiences when I attended Tulane in New Orleans.
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ReplyDeleteChuck McGowan: Karen, you hit the nail on the head. When I think back to where I grew up, and hear the stories of others (most notably my wife, who is half Mexican, who grew up in Idaho and was berated incessantly about her Hispanic surname), I am VERY proud of the multiculturalism that I was raised in.
It allowed me, at a very young age, to understand that people are different and just because they are different doesn't mean it's a bad thing.
I'm not saying it was always peachy...there were definitely times when race crept out of its hiding place and affected all of us that attended AHS. But for ME, I learned at a young age not to believe all the BS that others were feeding me about others. I learned to judge individuals on their own merits as opposed to believing that they were less than I simply because of the color of their skin or what they believed in.
No question in my mind, the thing that makes me proud to be an AHS alum is that I got to learn for myself what is true and what is BS about people who are different than me. And that wasn't taught in a classroom there.
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Karen Nelson Damron: Well, in nursing, we strive to be culturally competent in our care of patients. I actually find this pretty easy.....having worked at Thomason (once upon a time) with clients nearly 100% from a culture other than my own. Now, as a nurse educator, it is part of the emphasis in my classroom. We just did a discussion board topic on this very thing; learning about different cultural beliefs and practices during pregnancy and childbirth. I emphasize to my students that (even though it may not have happened yet) chances of them coming into contact with cultures that differ from their own is a certainty that they need to prepare for.
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Margaret Lowry: I have to echo Karen's and Chuck's sentiments. We were "diverse" before it became some sort of stupid executive-speak.
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Harry Asmussen: Guys...great comments! Could you go to the blog and add those comments to the blog category? Just a copy and paste is needed....thanks!
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ReplyDeleteKelly Mock: Well since I had both an older brother and older sister who went there it means a lot. I, like many around there at that time, was from a military family and moving around from school to school was no more unusual for me than going from class to class was for a lot of the civilian kids. Some of the best years of my life were at Andress. I met a lot of people that, to this day, I still keep in touch with. Andress had it's problems like any school did, but we didn't stand out (at that time anyway) as being a bad school or lax in educational values. We had a lot of very caring teachers and staff there and they would go out of their way to help the students and I know that they influenced a lot of the kids that went there to go on and progress to higher levels of achievment. In an ironic twist, I wound up doing poorly in high school (through no fault but my own) yet when I went into college, I found myself more motivated and willing to work a little harder to pass those classes because of my marks in high school.
Kelly
Class of "80"
Pete Parra: The old school is just buildings and sidewalks. But the people who walked the sidewalks and filled the classrooms, students and teachers alike, are a wonderful chapter in my life. I met my wife there and have been back several times with my kids and drive by regularly when I visit my father on Big Horn. I strain to see 1979. It flew by a little to fast but the memories live on forever. A couple of coors lights and Rush blaring through the blackberry just might get you there.
ReplyDeleteTonnya Mucha: I don't think you realize the impact of what it means to be an Eagle for some of us....until were gone. The freedoms we had and responsibilities as students, friends and athletes to represent. To know what I know now, I would of definitely showed more honor....'cuz I am definitely proud to say I'm an "Andress Eagle"
ReplyDeleteMark Hunter: It really was an honor.I have told countless people over the years about our Andress, the quarter system,the diversity in aspects that I have never seen in another school, ever.We were all blessed.That was beautiful Tonya,so well put.I would like to second that if I may.
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about this very much since you posted the link on Facebook. Because I am an Andress Eagle, I grew up with a diverse group of friends - before it became execu-speak. Because I was an Andress Eagle, I don't see people as black, white, Hispanic, African-American, fat, thin - I just see a person as a human being. There can be no greater gift to a child.
ReplyDeleteMargi...Truly a gift!
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