I know this isn't a huge deal compared to a lot of the stuff that's happening in your lives, but please, if you could just send up a prayer for us, it would mean the world to me. Thanks, y'all!
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Ok, I need you guys to pray for me and some of the kids in my humanities class. See, we're studying the Enlightenment, and the book our teacher picked out for us to read is obscene and innapropriate. Just so you know, I go to an insanely small Christian school, so this has really, really bothered some people. After about half of the book, about a third of us told the teacher we were not going to read anymore, and were given an alternate assingment. Which is great, but almost all of us are angry that he picked such a gross book in the first place, and rebellion is festering among us.
I know this isn't a huge deal compared to a lot of the stuff that's happening in your lives, but please, if you could just send up a prayer for us, it would mean the world to me. Thanks, y'all!
I know this isn't a huge deal compared to a lot of the stuff that's happening in your lives, but please, if you could just send up a prayer for us, it would mean the world to me. Thanks, y'all!
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i will pray for you. i think i would probably do the same thing in you postion.
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hey all prayer counts! none is smaller. ask and you shall reseave. i'll pray.
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I'll pray. I understand your situation well. There's no need to worry about it being insignificant to us.
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What was the book?
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
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(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
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I shall pray also. I am curious about the book as well.
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look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!â€
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“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
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I shall pray. But also, what was the book?
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hmm interesting...
At this point I wouldn't mind reading some "twisted" literature but I won't have dared to recommend to anyone unless they were spiritually ready for it. Sorry to hear this, glad to hear you and your class had the sense to stand up against it and yes, I shall pray for your class to discard any distrust or grudges you all hold against your teacher.
At this point I wouldn't mind reading some "twisted" literature but I won't have dared to recommend to anyone unless they were spiritually ready for it. Sorry to hear this, glad to hear you and your class had the sense to stand up against it and yes, I shall pray for your class to discard any distrust or grudges you all hold against your teacher.
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God bless you for taking a stand, and I'll pray for everyone involved.
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Rogie - Posts: 2975
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What swordguy, c.t.,girl, destroyer2000, Yojimbo, et al. said.
And,
Perhaps the book represented an aspect of the instructor's understanding of the enlightenment - it was, after all, a time filled with things we would now call obscene, inappropriate, and unfit for public use. While perhaps the instructor should have known better, as you haven't said the title of the book, I'd be inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. He may also have heard that the book was commonly used in similar classes, and wanted to give you a modern education.
Alternately, if the book was really too objectionable, it might be beneficial to ask someone in the school administration (say, if you have someone you're supposed to go to for advice, ask them what you should do in the situation - I don't know the leanings of your school, but some christian schools have restrictions on the kinds of materials used for teaching. (from your age, it looks like this is junior high?) On the other hand... well, there are always too many other hands.
Oh, and Mave, have I got a twisted book for you...
It's called "The art of knot-tying and nautical rope-work"
And,
Perhaps the book represented an aspect of the instructor's understanding of the enlightenment - it was, after all, a time filled with things we would now call obscene, inappropriate, and unfit for public use. While perhaps the instructor should have known better, as you haven't said the title of the book, I'd be inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. He may also have heard that the book was commonly used in similar classes, and wanted to give you a modern education.
Alternately, if the book was really too objectionable, it might be beneficial to ask someone in the school administration (say, if you have someone you're supposed to go to for advice, ask them what you should do in the situation - I don't know the leanings of your school, but some christian schools have restrictions on the kinds of materials used for teaching. (from your age, it looks like this is junior high?) On the other hand... well, there are always too many other hands.
Oh, and Mave, have I got a twisted book for you...
It's called "The art of knot-tying and nautical rope-work"
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I would actually agree with Kaligraphic, and I would also like to know which book it was.
I will be praying for you Kira, and I hope it all works out. ^______^ *hugs*
Hmm, you make me curious to go look up how the Enlightenment is covered in our curriculum (I home school - you knew that right?). *goes to peruse history books*
I will be praying for you Kira, and I hope it all works out. ^______^ *hugs*
Hmm, you make me curious to go look up how the Enlightenment is covered in our curriculum (I home school - you knew that right?). *goes to peruse history books*
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Thank you all so much! ^^ heh, a few days after they finished the book, the teacher formally apologized to us, and sent a letter home to our parents apologizing.
Kaligraphic~ It was a satire. The book was. The teacher explained to us that (a) it was a satire and should be treated as such, and (b) we should be mature enough to "handle it". I totally understand that It was written by a man who never claimed the name of Christ, and that it was satire, and can see where the teacher was coming from, but it made me horribly uncomfortable to be reading it. Perhaps it's just becuase I've been very sheltered all my life, but I would have been uncomfortable reading it alone, much less in the prescence of snickers teen-age guys. I mean, it made my mom uncomfortable reading it at home alone in her room. I actually have a big long rant about things like this that I inflict upon my friends every now-and-then, but I have to go to bed, so you'll escape this time. *lol*
Oh, and several parents went to the headmaster and discussed it with her. (*lol* and we're a 9th-12th grade humanities class. *I'm in 10th grade*)
Anyway, thank you all again for praying, I think we're all over it by now, and were all very pleased that he apologized to us. *glomps everyone* You guys are great!
Kaligraphic~ It was a satire. The book was. The teacher explained to us that (a) it was a satire and should be treated as such, and (b) we should be mature enough to "handle it". I totally understand that It was written by a man who never claimed the name of Christ, and that it was satire, and can see where the teacher was coming from, but it made me horribly uncomfortable to be reading it. Perhaps it's just becuase I've been very sheltered all my life, but I would have been uncomfortable reading it alone, much less in the prescence of snickers teen-age guys. I mean, it made my mom uncomfortable reading it at home alone in her room. I actually have a big long rant about things like this that I inflict upon my friends every now-and-then, but I have to go to bed, so you'll escape this time. *lol*
Oh, and several parents went to the headmaster and discussed it with her. (*lol* and we're a 9th-12th grade humanities class. *I'm in 10th grade*)
Anyway, thank you all again for praying, I think we're all over it by now, and were all very pleased that he apologized to us. *glomps everyone* You guys are great!
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This wouldn't be 'Gulliver's Travels' would it? It's one of the classics of the time, but I could see parts of it causing some trouble with certain crowds. Then again he was a churchman, so maybe not. Tom Jones perhaps? (I haven't read that one)
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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I'm glad things worked out.
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“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!â€
[i]Two vast and trunk-less legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage lies. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away. On the pedestal these words are inscribed:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!â€
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Well, in a way, I'm glad your teacher chose this book (he says not knowing what the book was). Satire is supposed to be hard to take and make you uncomfortable. Discomfort is a good thing from time to time - especially in a learning environment - doubly so in a Christian learning environment, which would hopefully frame it in the right perspective.
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