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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:23 pm
by GORDON
From here.
There was too much for me to process.... I had idiotic-input overload. Feel free to listen to the lecture and address specific points in this thread.
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:35 pm
by Leisher
I heard bits on the radio this afternoon.
Teachers should be teaching facts, not opinions. It really is as simple as that.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:37 pm
by TPRJones
But Evolution is just an opinion but they still teach that. And they won't let them teach the truth that the Universe was created by God Almighty.
What do you say to that?!
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:05 am
by GORDON
There's room for that in mythology class, not geography.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:57 am
by TheCatt
But Evolution is just an opinion but they still teach that. And they won't let them teach the truth that the Universe was created by God Almighty.
What do you say to that?!
theory <> opinion
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:20 am
by thibodeaux
Cocoa can be turned into cocaine? Holy shizzle!
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:21 am
by thibodeaux
"If you don't understand the economic system of capitalism, you don't understand the world in which we live."
Which explains why this guy sounds like he's on another planet.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:49 am
by TPRJones
To know capitalism is to love it.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:30 am
by Malcolm
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:18 pm
by thibodeaux
Yeah. This kills me:
administrators were investigating whether geography teacher Jay Bennish violated a policy requiring balancing viewpoints...
How about they investigate whether he was, oh I don't know....teaching geography? Because it sounds like he wasn't.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:55 pm
by GORDON
That's the picture I saw on Fox News (tv). They also said he was a "self-described rastafarian."
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:03 pm
by Malcolm
That's the picture I saw on Fox News (tv). They also said he was a "self-described rastafarian."
On one hand, he's an absolute fucking idiot. On the other hand, he's free to express his opinions...but not in a fucking class that should be talking about plateaus and aquifers.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:08 pm
by TheCatt
Yeah, cuz people learn so much in school. Wouldn't want to waste any of that precious time.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:56 pm
by TPRJones
It's not about wasting time, it's about the fact that the law requires those kids to be there and sit through whatever he's going to say. If the law requires they be there, then the state should ensure that they aren't brainwashed in the process.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:02 pm
by GORDON
The teacher was on the Today Show, this morning.
1. He cut all is hair off to appear less hippy-like.
2, I expected Matt Lauer to slam him, but he didn't, really. The teacher said the entire Hitler statement was taken out of context. Matt played an extended clip of the statement, for context. Teacher said that he didn't necessarily believe what he was saying, he just wanted the kids to think about it.
I felt the hitler statement was one of the tamer things about that lecture, personally. I was hoping Matt would ask him if the guy really thought Iran should have a right to drop "chemical weapons" on North Carolina. Like he said in his lecture.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:50 pm
by thibodeaux
Ah, the old "I'm just sayin'" defense.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:00 am
by GORDON
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:35 am
by DoctorChaos
I finally listened to the clip. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the commune.
So is he a geography teacher or a social studies teacher. On the Today show he said he was a social studies teacher. That interview was a fucking joke.
I'd like to know where he got his facts. He says the US is the most violent countries. How about China, Saudi Arabia, North Korea? He's talking about countries doing a pre-emptive strike, one of the countries he mentions is North Korea invading South Korea. They already did that.
Where the hell is he getting this information? He's making this up as he goes along. I hope they are watching him. He is spouting terrorist retoric.