About Me
Steve Chisnell (um, on the right) is a teacher at Royal Oak (MI) High School. 
Cuba: Socialism and Trust
This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well. . . . In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it),...
The Cuban Reality
Cuba: July 6, 2011 I want to write of a formula for understanding Cuban politics and culture. I want to say that all of these poor and oppressed people, holding together through music and art, would be happiest if we were able to remove the evil Castro regime and let...
Independence Day, Education, and Cuba
Cuba: July 4, 2011 My US Independence Day amounted to five meetings on the education system of Cuba, four of them official. And to assemble the eight hours of information is not my mission here; however, I am sensing a timely trend I wish to share tonight. Our meeting...
Whose History?
Cuba: July 3, 2011 As I write tonight, the hotel satellite station plays an A&E special on “The Kennedys,” translated into Spanish. It is fitting, as I had planned on writing about our visit to the former Presidential Palace of Cuba, now the Museum of the...
Idealism and Cuba Ghetto Art
Today, I attempted an Afro-Cuban rumba dance on the streets of the Salvador art project in Havana, Cuba. I was not successful, as I am certain future photos will reveal. U.S. teachers seldom find the opportunity to learn Afro-Cuban dance while lesson planning, grading...
Listening to Joplin
The following is a republishing of my blog post on The Royal Oak Patch, June 27, 2011 Somewhere through the middle of a week like Joplin I begin to ask myself what I can possibly say to help my students process their experience, to learn from it whatever lessons they...
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