I think it's true that you can't go home again. I took a notalgic stroll down Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley on Saturday. I think that it's not only stuck in the sixties, but will never become unstuck. I wondered if the people selling their wares were the same ones or if the tables had been handed down to their children. Berkeley in the sixties rocked the university.People stood by and watched as students shouted about their rights, the rights of others, and were carted off to jail. Outside of Berkeley, people were protesting their right to eat lunch at the counter,sit in the front of the bus, and participate in everyday life. It was during this time that education legislation was passed to close the educational gap giving all children a chance to be successful in school and in life. Today education is under fire. I get the feeling the gap has not closed. It has widened. Sociologists and historians saw the sixties as an era of change that had a profound effect on today. I agree with that view. I also think that I really don't want to go home again.
Your memories stimulated my thinking about the 1960s ... and all that has happened since. Glad you are blogging ... and enjoying your retirement.
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