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I would propose to you that this is already happening in our schools. I teach high school and the way we are told to approach lessons as group work with no competition is the antithesis to the way male brains are wired. Everything is supposed to be soft and non-threatening which puts boys to sleep. Example, when my oldest son was in fourth grade all his teacher wanted the class to read were fairy stories. He was reading Jack London and Mark Twain and loving it. That teacher killed his love of reading that year. In similar cases he would sleep through group work in Algebra 2 and then proceed to make the highest grade in the class because he and his best friend would compete to see who could do it faster.
So where's the rosy rhetoric how two gay men or two lesbian women are fully capable of raising children of either gender? It would appear from that quote that that is not the case. I will tell you that in the few instances where I have taught children from same sex parents, the boys were almost always in trouble for fighting and the girls were very lonely and shy. I think many of these people are so into their own agendas that they do not realize how their choices can impact an innocent child. BTW, I've worked with many gay males and they don't like lesbians very much. I'm not sure what that is all about but the comments are not pretty.
George, you're sound a bit desperate here.
I noticed this long ago. When Laura Bush went to the middle East to address the serious issues of educating women and girls, feminists gave her no credit whatsoever. When has Michelle Obama even dared to visit tribal leaders with this kind of discussion? Sadder still is that many in the minority community do not realize how many children they have lost. I dont' have a problem with birth control, but I do have a very big problem with abortion. That our president continues to support via tacit approval late term abortions is sickening.
As a high school teacher, I have to tell you we have a generation of youngsters who have been shaped by television and educational outlets to give until it hurts. Even our churches have chimed in with social injustice as a sin. While I would be open to helping anyone regardless of their personal attributes, I take issue with someone putting a political overlay on my worship. This is the world we live in and where people like this kid come from. If it's any comfort, none of my three kids espouse these views and they are all working adults, two with college degrees and are becoming more fiscally conservative the longer they work. They will not be voting for Obama.
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Is Obama or Mexico Worse on Unemployment?

Ellen58 Wrote: Jul 31, 2011 11:36 AM
Mexico has become a middle class country because millions of American dollars flow there every Friday via wire. We have illegals working in jobs that pay well-not the subsistence living the Left likes to portray. And many times these people ask to be paid in cash so they can circumvent taxes and so that their families qualify for special programs such as free lunch, free breakfast, health screenings and more. All these things are freebies their own government doesn't provide but which we do through the largesse of the American taxpayer. For Mexico to so proudly proclaim this status while they have done so little for border towns and have done nothing to control cartel violence demonstrates that their leadership is as clueless as our own.
There is no way that the pro-choice advocates can dance around this issue. Like it or not in many cultures male children are more desired than female children. China, India, many African tribes, most Muslim cultures are open in this statement by the way they treat females in general and by the way they educate and raise children specifically. A culture that advocates mutilation of females does not value them. With the push to limit childbirth in struggling nations, this means parents will select to save male children over female children. The result will be a staggering lack of balance. I have to wonder where the feminists are on this issue and why they continue to stay silent.
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Obama and the Teachers

Ellen58 Wrote: Jul 07, 2011 4:55 PM
I beg to differ. I was a graphic designer and copywriter that made a good income, but who chose to come back to teaching because I am GOOD at it. My kids take art as an elective and learn how to research, how to produce powerpoint presentations, how to photograph images, how to discern good design from bad design, how to write a criticism, how to appreciate their own culture as well as others, how to accept those ancient civilizations that gave birth to our own. While there are a fair share of marginal egos in the education field, I think these days there are idiots in all fields. I just fired my doctor because she's incapable of doing anything without referring to a computer program. So be careful what you say. Any absolute proves a...
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Obama and the Teachers

Ellen58 Wrote: Jul 07, 2011 4:51 PM
In regards to immigration, just remind your liberal and Hispanic friends that Obama voted AGAINST the Bush Immigration bill because it would dilute the wages of union workers.
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Obama and the Teachers

Ellen58 Wrote: Jul 07, 2011 4:50 PM
Some of the most obnoxious student I had last year were kids who transferred in from the local megachurch "Christian" school due to the economy. They were rude, they were lazy and they really didn't model what I consider as Christian behavior. They whined about not having open campus and told us how they had "parties" during the day at nearby residences. Having taught in private and public school I promise you there are problems just as large in private schools, but those get hidden, especially if Mom and Dad can pay for a scholarship or a wing. The kids who party, party together. When a kid locally died, drunk and stupid riding on a motorcycle without a helmet into a tree, the legend "Rest in Peace Andy" were on cars at all the public...
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