Get Real: Empowering the Student Through Oral History

challenging and of interest in their own right. But of equal importance are the lessons that we learned together concerning the potentially powerful role of oral history in formal education, beyond simple data gathering. For this reason, and for others that will be manifest shortly, we have chosen to bracket the interview with several sections of introductory and concluding remarks, some in the voice of John Forrest and some in that of Elisabeth Jackson. Despite this division, the paper is, nonetheless, a joint venture with both authors contributing additions and insights to each section. (It should also be noted that we have deliberately chosen to use first names to refer to each other here. We both find that the stylistic formalities of standard expository prose give a stilted impression of our relationship.)