September 2, 2010 Volume 6, Number 35
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Ribbon
Cutting
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Back To
School
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A Little Bit of
Humor
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I
enjoyed attending this ribbon cutting for
Mr.
Qtu, owner of Fujiyama Grill, gave me a tour of his Asian-theme
restaurant
Here
I am presenting a
Back to
School
If you
have a child in school, it is more important than ever to scrutinize what
they are being taught. Even if they are in college, you may be
disappointed to find out what our tax dollars are supporting. My
daughter signed up for a required English Literature Class at the
A
Note about Class Content:
Much
of the class material is adult in nature.
We will discuss texts and view films that contain sexual situations,
partial nudity, drug use, adult language and mature themes. If you
feel uncomfortable with this sort of content, then this is not the class
for you.
Is there
not enough quality wholesome English Literature that we must study the
negative perversions of life? What happened to the idea of studying
literature that would help students aspire to integrity, honor and
greatness? When I called the college to discuss this with the staff,
I was told that just because I found morally decadent content to be a
problem, others might differ, so it was okay. When the teacher uses
the phrase, "adult language", she doesn't really mean adult language
because adults are not expected to use profanity. She meant language
that would be considered inappropriate for adults to use in a professional
setting. The intellectually honest verbiage would be to call it what
it is---vulgarity!
We
should all be concerned when our tax dollars are used to promote ideas
that harm the development of our next generation. The future of our
civilization depends on our ability to pass on morality, decency and
civility. When public paid classrooms sponsor materials that lower
the standards, we have just significantly diminished the future for
everybody. Students don't need to study evil to know it exists,
because there is plenty of it all around. If there is a choice
between studying literature that promotes goodness, nobility, kindness and
charity or literature that showcases women being raped, murders and filthy
language, why wouldn't the administration opt for that which builds up the
moral fiber of the students? The sex and violence is all over our
media, but we are at a point now where we have to search to find material
that is sincerely helpful, promotes good character and positive virtues
and builds up our communities. The mayors, governors and legislative
bodies all across
I
encourage all students, parents and grandparents to do what you can to
speak out against the misuse of our educational tax dollars. The
principle of supply and demand ought to have an effect on which
administrators choose what they want to offer. With more
involvement, we can make a difference in the choices available to our
children.
David
Horowitz recently wrote a book entitled, Reforming Our
Universities wherein he discusses an "academic bill of
rights". And follow this link to hear and view him state his case for
educational reform: How Radical Professors Indoctrinate
Students
Students
themselves protest the extreme bias found in most post-secondary
educational institutions: Students For Academic Freedom
Here is
an article on the National Education Association agenda.
Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
what schools are teaching. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here: Cynthia Davis
A Little
Bit of Humor
Is
Anyone in There?
A
college student was in a philosophy class, where there was a class
discussion about whether or not God exists, The professor had the
following logic:
"Has anyone in
this class heard God?" Nobody spoke.
"Has anyone in this class touched
God?" Again, nobody spoke.
"Has anyone in this class seen
God?" When nobody spoke for the third time, he simply stated, "Then there
is no God."
The student did
not like the sound of this at all, and asked for permission to speak. The
professor granted it, and the student stood up and asked the following
questions of his classmates:
"Has anyone in this class heard
our professor's brain?" Silence.
"Has anyone in this class touched
our professor's brain?" Absolute silence.
"Has anyone in this class seen our
professor's brain?" When nobody in the class dared to speak, the student
concluded, "Then, according to our professor's logic, it must be true that
our professor has no brain!"
The student received an "A" in the
class.
This
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Davis, from the
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