Theorian bane of historian that your special feel that you love so much, when you mention it to other people day, they have never heard of it. They dont know who those people were or that this happened. I do not have that problem, because everyone is heard of the puritans. Say the. Tents to anyone in america, they know who you are talking about. The problem is what they know about who you are talking about. If you type puritans into a Search Engine as i did or if you mention the puritans to people, this is what they imagine. Fiendish punishers. We all read the scarlet letter. People who like to put people and the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and a little bit more like a clut,ult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, we cannot get away from the witch trials. Anne hutchinson and the witch trials. Those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Often wondered why this is, why the puritans hav
I dont have that problem because everyone has heard of the puritans. Puritans to anyone. If you type puritans into a Search Engine or mention it to people, this is what they imagine. We all read the Scarlet Letter and we think of puritans as people who liked to put people in the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and more like a cult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, you cant it away from the witch trials. And hutchinson and the witch trials, those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Why thisten wondered is. Why do that your urgent have such a negative reputation . I think there are two reasons. First of all, in the early 1800s, after the war of 1812, which most americans felt like we had one and we were feeling kind of stable and strong as a nation, there was a lot of looking back to the founding. To look back to the puritans. In the first half of the 19th century, there was a lot of
Away diseased in 59 with dementia. Thank you for your support. clapping. thank you all for the work you do thank you very much and congratulations. clapping. times up. All right. Supervisor kim you have accommodation. I do thank you supervisor breed im presenting a certificate of honor today in memory of corporal one of our world war ii veterans the philippines and u. S. Army and the first and on filipino to receive the silver stairway award the highest for valor with the u. S. Ahbp she passed away ton june 16, 2016, at the ripe old age of 95 years we have the General Council of the philippines who will come up to accept the accommodation on her and her familys on behalf of samgsz earlier the u. S. Solicited star metal it the third highest honor for valor warranted to the members of air force and the only asian woman the four other women in world war ii served as nurses in the country of eyewitness the next woman was not until 2005 and again in 2008, we need to do a little bit of work
Absent supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee madam chair we have quorum ladies and gentlemen, please join us for the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk any consumption. I have no communications today madam president. Colleagues, any changes to the may 2016 board minutes seeing can i have a motion by supervisor campos seconded by supervisor mar colleagues without objection those Meeting Minutes will place after exceptional or extraordinary. Items 1 through 7 comprise the are considered to be routine may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items cals seeing no other names on the roster. On the consent calendar supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervis
Give a warm welcome to mayor ed lee, San Francisco Unified School District [inaudible] and mayors 2016 teacher of the year award winners. Mr. Mayor. Thank you runel you are such a lead er in our community. Thank you to the San Francisco ginets and all of you who support the teacher. I want to thank deputy superintendent gureeo, the supporters and principle of the year awardees joining me to honor this years winneroffs the mayors teacher of the year award [applause] it is my pleasure to acknowledge and honor the dedication of our sue purb Public School teacher ez in San Francisco. The 5 teachers being honored tonight were nominated by parent, student, peers, and Community Members who understand the value of a excellent teacher. The teachers standing here have a exceeded all standards and dedicated themselves to creating classroom environment that fosters learning, diversity and character building. These teachers are shaping this generation of youth into leaders who will create a better