>> it seems to me that one of the major challenges for you as the history teacher would be teaching in a way that connects with such a diversified body. >> yes, it is. >> it's kind of like a nation in miniature. because they did start as a segregated all male institution. >> yeah, it's the oldest school in the country. it was founded in 16 35 by a portion of the population of boston, england. it was all male, it was all white. it was all people of privilege. >> you know, have really come to believe that part of the purpose of history to tell the story that makes us. but in order for that story to work, we have to see ourselves as being in the same spot we begin with. >> yeah.