Geburtsdatum | Dienstag, 09. November 1915 |
Geburtsort | Westminster, Maryland, U.S. |
Todesort | Bethesda,_Maryland |
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Beschreibung | Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1972 presidential election. |
Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.
Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.
