Christian fantasy literature, and commentary on assorted subjects
From August 8, 2019
On this blog alone there are enough “education follies” posts to fill a good-sized book–actual news reports of real follies and outrages perpetrated by what we laughingly call “public education.”
In spite of the mass of information to the contrary, tens of millions of our fellow Americans continue to send their children to public schools to be educated by strangers trained by very Far Left teachers’ unions–and then on to college to finish the job. Why do they do this?
After some fruitless conversation in a chat room yesterday, it was made clear to me again, for the umpteenth hundredth time, that people simply refuse to believe the truth about public education. The truth is plain for all to see: it would take some effort to miss it. Nevertheless, most of America does not see. Decide for yourself whether it’s because they really can’t see or have just chosen, obstinately, not to see.
Yesterday the thing they refused to believe (the people I was chatting with) was that the single biggest lesson taught in public schools is that your age-group peers–other kids–are the most important people in your life. So you must please them, you must conform to their expectations, you must try, no matter what the cost, to be popular. They are much more important than your family. Your family is so un-cool! Boring! But conformity with your “friends” is everything.
That was the case even when I went to school, way back when.
It is still the case now.
Uh, people–could you, like, just take a minute to look at our freakin’ culture? Do you like what you see? Really?
Sing louder.
Keep trying.
God help us.
Today was sunny and bright and relatively warm. In the low 40’s which feels warm after what we’ve been used to.
Today I got out to the post office and mailed off Lee’s manuscript. They should get it by Monday.
Had a really wonderful conversation with the clerk. She is a gem, and very helpful. She carefully wrapped the manuscript, boxed it and said it should get there by Monday. I was the only one there, so we had a really great conversation–about everything from Lee’s books to home schooling. I can’t tell you how good it felt to be out and about having a real interaction with a real person. She took down Lee’s name and said she would look up Bell Mountain on Amazon. She thinks her daughter might be interested in it.
Also did a bit of walking, which was possible now that the sidewalks are all clear.
It might not sound like much, but after this last few weeks of solitary confinement it was great.
I was not happy to find out that daylight saving time starts this weekend. I find that hour’s adjustment difficult and I always have. Losing an hour knocks my schedule off for weeks.
Well, that’s it for now.
God bless everybody.
Patty
I’m not qualified to analyze anyone’s computer models. But I do think I understand how various kinds of people behave.
At yet another of our revered institutes of higher learning, yet another sage of a college professor calls for the jailing of anyone who denies “Climate Change” or whatever else they’re calling it this week ( http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/michaelschaus/2014/03/16/professor-wants-climate-change-deniers-thrown-in-jail-n1809711 ). This jidrool, by the way, is a professor of philosophy, not science. I won’t mention his name; let someone else give him his 15 minutes of infamy.
America’s universities have become notorious for their intolerance of free speech, let alone dissent. But what’s really at issue here is this:
Honest men do not demand prison for anyone who disagrees with them. Honest men do not jabber, “The science is settled! The debate is closed!” when they’ve been at pains to prevent any debate from ever taking place, and refuse to discuss the issue in public. Honest men do not natter on about carbon footprints and then ride around in stretch limos and private jets.
Ask any policeman what he thinks when someone sees him coming and immediately turns and runs away.
You can tell a lot about people by the way they behave. And the Global Warming mullahs do not behave like honest men.
From November 12, 2016
Whine, whine, snivel, snivel…
Now for a brief excursion into Ninnyland.
Liberals just can’t stand it that the people told their candidate, Careless Clinton, to take a hike. How could they? The ungrateful wretched peasants! And so, to register their protest against reality, they have taken to wearing safety pins on their outer clothing ( http://www.mediaite.com/election-2016/people-are-wearing-safety-pins-to-protest-trump-and-signal-that-theyre-a-safe-space/ ).
See, that’s supposed to be a signal to other sissy liberals: “It’s okay, I’m as big a twollop as you are, it’s safe for you to talk to me! You won’t hear anything at all that you don’t want to hear.”
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things: it was your side, your precious crooked Democrats, who recruited thugs and paid them to invade Trump rallies to touch off violent incidents. It’s your side who physically attacks anyone wearing a Trump button or T-shirt. It’s your side that’s doing all the rioting. It’s Democrats that it isn’t safe to be around.
The safety pin nonsense was started by dopes in the UK who are all bent out of shape because regular people voted to secede from the European Union. That makes them all racists, you know. And biggits.
But decades before that, sado-masochists–one of those “minorities” so cherished by liberals–used to wear safety pins so they could recognize a kindred spirit in a crowd.
Well, liberalism is nothing if it’s not masochism.