tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post6274550685880236202..comments2024-01-30T05:25:56.085-07:00Comments on A Teacher's View: The Shrek Factormmazenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post-15716635293067005012008-09-18T04:19:00.000-06:002008-09-18T04:19:00.000-06:00Whoops... I was with you until you started talking...Whoops... I was with you until you started talking of shielding your son from the teachings of Darwin in high school. I don't object to the idea of evolution being taught briefly, but I can tell you it's also a religious viewpoint. As a child, I was taught in public school that the Aborigines were a real Stone-Age people and were less evolved than ourselves. So evolution teaching gets me pretty nervous, but it isn't because I think my children will catch heathenism like a cold. It's more the idea that when you leave God out of the equation, some people are more evolved or worth more to society than others. That's not the totality of the idea of eugenics, but I think we can agree that eugenics at its base incorporates that idea and that it is not good for a society. (Then again, neither is the idea that teaching evolution ought to be illegal and squelching other ideas. I just don't like it done with my tax money.)<BR/><BR/>Years ago, G told all the kids in his kindergarten class that Santa is not real. When the other children said Santa is real because their parents said so, he calmly informed them that all their parents were liars. The teacher wanted *me* to tell the kid to stop, but um, I informed her that it sounded like the other kids' parents were lying to them and that is the real source of the problem!! You know? And the kid is autistic, so getting little social cues is just probably not going to happen. Try directing the conversation elsewhere and hopefully that will help... Good luck...<BR/><BR/>But I don't understand how these little kids can dress like streetwalkers and recite "lyrics" but then think Santa's real. What are these parents smoking?? And bless you, you probably see lots of kids raised by such schitzophrenic parenting.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.com