Uptaught

by Ken Macrorie

What do we see when we look back at the sixties and early seventies in the United States? Some people say they were disgraceful, others, glorious. One thing for sure, during those years, American youth, like French, Japanese, and South American youth in the past, took to the streets to question and protest the way the military-industrial complex, the government, universities, almost all adult institutions, exerted their authority.
First published in 1970, Uptaught is not a historian's or a social scientist's attempt to make sense of that roiling era, but a kind of extended Tom Paine-like pamphlet produced by many individual students and a few teachers who had awakened to find they could write their true voices and feelings. To pick up Uptaught is to hold a piece of those years in your hand.

Genres: Nonfiction

188 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1970

Reviews

[Serdar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haphazard in its treatment, but somehow more effective that way. A prelude to many things that Macrorie would try to address in his more formally designed texts like TELLING WRITING. Fans of HOW CHILDREN FAIL and DEATH AT AN EARLY AGE are encouraged to dig this up.

[Angie R · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you teach college, this is a valuable read. It reminds--with passionate touch--why we do what we do. Well worth the read--several times.