Kerry was in Dorchester today at an elementary school

[karynnj]

reading to some lucky children.

Boston Globe article with a nice photo:

Senator John Kerry led a class discussion about current events in Egypt, civil disobedience, and the use of metaphors in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, which he read, along with Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise," to a group of sixth-graders today at the Richard J. Murphy School in Dorchester.

His readings were seamless, though his delivery of the line "Does my sassiness upset you?" in Angelou's poem drew a chuckle from some of the adults in the room. They have a video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm6opLmEf8w - and he was very good - in my opinion. (If they want a comparison, I can give them links to Brown reading the questions his staff prepared for him barely looking up and in a monotone with no inflection.)

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/dorchester/2011/02/sen_kerry_participates_in_read.html

Of course his reading was seamless, but why the snark? The kids look very engrossed in what they were hearing.
and

Kerry was in Dorchester Monday morning reading to a sixth grade class at the Richard J. Murphy School. The senator read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech and Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise.” He also stopped by an eighth-grade civics class studying Congress.

The article mainly was Kerry pushing back on McConnell's statement that the Obama agenda is dead.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?&articleid=1316736&format=&page=1&listingType=politics#articleFull

[Mass]

1. I saw that, It is a good article.

[MBS]

2. great! n/t

[politicasista]

3. Sounds good

Have a book full of Maya Angelou's poems and "Still I Rise" is one of her best poetic works. And MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech is always iconic and timeless.

Sounds like the Senator and students had a nice time. Best wishes in Pakistan. Peace.