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As we in the United States celebrate Independence Day, it is an appropriate time to reflect on the wisdom of Lilian Katz in her book, Intellectual Emergencies: Some Reflections on Mothering and Teaching:

"I think the great struggle of our time - and no doubt for generations to come - is the struggle for equality.  But we might ask: equality of what?  People are not equally tall or musical or mathematical or athletic or beautiful; but they are equally human!  They are equally human in the sense that they all have hopes, and dreams, and wishes and fantasies and aspirations and fears and doubts.  They all want to be treated with respect and dignity and want to feel loved by someone.  In these ways it seems to me, all of the world's people have much more in common than they have apart!"

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Intellectual Emergencies: Some Reflections on Mothering and Teaching is a special contribution to the field by Lilian Katz.  She has spent many years conducting workshops for teachers, parents, and students all over the world.  During those workshops, she often refers to her son Stephen, and what she has termed the "intellectual emergencies" she experienced during the years he was growing up.  Her responses to these "emergencies," the moments when he analyzed her actions and challenged her decisions as a parent and a teacher, are presented in this insightful, witty book.

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