tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post1287082891043768278..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Public schools, alien overlords, and banned wordsGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-51793935008116745652012-03-30T08:12:14.922-07:002012-03-30T08:12:14.922-07:00Doing the logical degrees of separation for why ou...Doing the logical degrees of separation for why our Federal Government would want to remove thought provoking subjects from our curriculum, leaves me with a profound sadness.<br /><br />Then again, I wonder how gentlemen like Noam Chomsky have the wherewithal to get out of bed in the morning, being as relevantly informed as they are. Greater men than I. You as well, Gordon. I know you are a scholar, so I'm aware of your ability to parse the de rigueur shitty news of the day, replete with all it's over-arching implications, compartmentalize that which burns you up inside, and still pay it forward to a class of students. Our intellectuals are the crux to the placation of the American mind.<br /><br />The more convoluted our society becomes, the more mental fortitude is required from our teachers, to maintain solace and teach without cynicism. Teachers are the bedrock of education. Society should place more value on the teacher than the curriculum... and when that curriculum gets an injection of political/socioeconomic subtext, we've just gone off the deep end.<br /><br />If any of this rambling was at all therapeutic, I feel accomplished.Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-60256711481894550542012-03-30T04:13:16.029-07:002012-03-30T04:13:16.029-07:00I don't for a minute believe that about Kris K...I don't for a minute believe that about Kris Kristofferson.<br /><br />I always wonder about people who say reality is all in our minds, how they think they can exist when I'm around. And who they think they're talking to.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com