Lesson Plan (2010)

Alyssa Hess: Self

Quotes 

• Philip Carr Neel : Ron would come to work in just a white shirt and oftentimes without a tie, and roll up his sleeves.

  Joel Amkraut : He was doing innovative things at the time too. He was bringing guests to the class, very interesting, controversial guests: he brought in a communist, he brought in a Klansman, he brought in a member of the American Nazi Party to talk about white supremacy.

  Alyssa Hess : All the way through he was presenting different sides of every question. I remember when we were studied about Vietnam, he made us write 10 arguments for, 10 arguments against,

  Steve Coniglio : He didn't try to be above you, I'd say that Ron Jones had a capacity to teach WITH you.

  Russel Mulock : When he said he did simulations, I realized that's a lot of what he lived for, he liked creating the experience of being there.

  Alyssa Hess : You know, I feel like he was trying to look at the whole picture, always, and try to get us to look at the whole picture, always, with a lot of heart and a lot of passion.

  Jo Ann Wood : It was always exciting, one day you'd go in and the desks would be in a row, and then the next they'd come in and be all spread all over the room.

• Wendy Brodie : I remember clearly from him and the classmates, that if we followed with was asked of us, we'd all get A's.

  Mark Hancock : You need good grades to get into college, and you actually needed specific classes, so you needed to pass this class.

  Alyssa Hess : He said 'Those who go along with the experiment will get an A, and those who don't... ' and I seem to remember pretty clearly he didn't fill in the blank. But it was sort of an implied threat, like something bad would happen.