tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post7514171277154046688..comments2023-10-19T11:27:25.565-04:00Comments on Nutwood Junction: Separation anxietyBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-16597261468177719462010-10-26T03:59:22.304-04:002010-10-26T03:59:22.304-04:00Very interesting. I admire the woman for calling t...Very interesting. I admire the woman for calling the ACLU also. I wouldn't want public schools attempting to give my children religious instruction. That is my (and Thomas') job until they are old enough to make their own decisions about such things. Now I could handle comparative religious studies, and we do that (Eler Beth and I) to the extent we are able. There are plenty of resources available to study other religions, and we have plenty friends of other faiths whom we can tap for information. A point I would like to make and wish I could force everyone I encounter to take to heart -- if you do want to learn about a particular religion and what it teaches, what its members believe or are supposed to believe, then go to a member of that very religion. Don't ask someone who isn't a member of that religion or who USED to be in that religion and who may have very biased opinions about it. Be fair to the religion and get the facts from a practicing member. (Sorry, that's a pet peeve I have.)Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506026496063245730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-48673643808636593942010-10-18T08:30:43.593-04:002010-10-18T08:30:43.593-04:00How about just teaching some basic science and mat...How about just teaching some basic science and math? Or is that too anti-christian?Toonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867993460493875221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-66889750092883950782010-10-17T20:43:04.507-04:002010-10-17T20:43:04.507-04:00Hearing that the school board got it right gives m...Hearing that the school board got it right gives me the slimmest of hopes, but a hope nonetheless, that the teabaggers won't romp all over the contests they've entered for November. Perhaps Americans still have memories and a modicum of sense.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-41823018275607982952010-10-17T16:10:22.076-04:002010-10-17T16:10:22.076-04:00So pleased Elkhart did the right thing, unusual fo...So pleased Elkhart did the right thing, unusual for this area.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-14875949883243558492010-10-17T10:59:24.597-04:002010-10-17T10:59:24.597-04:00lelocolon said...
Thank you for the post! I have a...lelocolon said...<br />Thank you for the post! I have a co-worker of mine that in the middle of the lesson she always say you are making god cry. And she is a good person she has always treated me with affection, but I feel so uncomfortable with that remark specially when she is addressing the students. I tried to ignore it but I know someday I will have to say something to her because I have all kinds of students in my class. <br /><br />And this is why? When I was in the third grade my parents decided that I should receive Communion. So every Saturday I will go to Catechism. It was during the same era that Kung Fu was popular so me and my brother used to watched it. My brother was more interested in the series than me, but nevertheless I used to get a good feeling about the Kung Fu fights. My brother was a book smart, I was illiterate so one day he mentioned to me that China had the amount of people to populate the earth three times. And I responded, that is a lot of people. So on one occasion Sister Ana my Catechism teacher said that those that do not believe in God will not go to heaven. And I immediately in my mind started doing the math so I asked her, what about the people in China they do not believe in God? And the response that I got was “forget about the Chinese people.” For months after that I was an angry child. The idea of not caring about the future of others bothered me a lot.lelocolonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863848230674917354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-87577556327357674502010-10-17T08:47:01.772-04:002010-10-17T08:47:01.772-04:00i can tell kids that they are making baby jebus cr...i can tell kids that they are making baby jebus cry but that's because i DONT teach in a public school. i try to not pull religion into it because i think that's a mean way of me taking advantage of their sincere and heartfelt beliefs, which happen to be beliefs i dont share. ( i know, the irony...) i just try to get them to do the right thing because it's right, and leave the god thing out of it as much as possible. part of me is really looking forward to doing something different next year, posts like this make me feel like there really could be a place for me in the public schools.<br /><br />xxalainaxxmrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-18457299693860597462010-10-17T04:18:28.681-04:002010-10-17T04:18:28.681-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.lelocolonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863848230674917354noreply@blogger.com