G.I. Bill

Sidney Byrd

Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. Was hitch-hiking more prevalent back in the 1940’s?
  2. Who was MacArther?
  3. What’s the significance of “I shall return,” “Golden Gate in ’48” and “Stick with Mac, you’ll never get back!?
  4. Why were the WWII veterans welcomed home, but the VietNam veterans were “spit on” or called “children killers?”
  5. What was the GI Bill? What benefits do returning veterans have today?

Learn FROM
(deep listening, transformation)

  1. Have you ever hitch-hiked? Have you ever picked up a hitch-hiker?
  2. What is your experience with war or with veterans?
  3. How do you feel about the treatment of veterans? What are the issues and challenges that veterans are faced with today and how would you evaluate the way we as a society are addressing those challenges?