I had a science teacher who explained that he didnt' believe in certainly theories because they didnt' jibe with his religious beliefs. Was a great teacher, and I thought it was interesting a science teacher believed in creationism to a certain extent. However, this same religious man was fired for sexual harassment of students a couple of years later. I testified on his behalf at the school board hearing even though I knew he behaved somewhat inappropriately (he didnt' do anything terrible, just a little inappropriate) I felt that he was such a good teacher that he should continue to teach.
--Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:56 AM Subject: Re: I'm speechless ... > I have only had two teachers that I truly respected in my school daze. One, > of those was my 9th grade science teacher. I'm sure you will find this > ironic, but he was a very devout Mormon, and took every opportunity to tell > us his beliefs (we were always curious about the polygamy thing ;-)) and the > morals that came with those beliefs. He was always walking a thin line with > the school, but he didn't seem to care. The thing is, he never _taught_ us > his morals, he just told us his. I learned to respect him, and admire him as > a man because he didn't try to tell us what to do, he essentially taught us > morals by example. He was a very upstanding kind of guy... > > My point being that perhaps the solution to the religion in schools argument > is not to teach the actual beliefs, but have teachers that teach by example. > Kids dont need to have verses from the bible shoved down their throats, to > learn morals, even morals founded in religion. They need to have the > _reasons_ why these morals are good taught to them (not just because the > Bible says so...). Let the kids figure if they want to follow the examples > put forward by the teachers. > > Just some thoughts... > > jon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:15 AM > Subject: RE: I'm speechless ... > > > > Parents can only do so much. While I generally think parents can do more > > than they do these days, it's also very hard to teach her children right > > from wrong. I've been through it with my step-son, whom I raised for about > > half his life. Both my wife and I are very sure of our moral position and > > have tried our best to teach him right from wrong. But between what he got > > in school and what he got from the mass media, he displays no signs of > > accepting any moral code. Not that he's a bad person or evil or does a lot > > of bad things, but the opinions he expresses or the positions he takes > when > > he's been caught, say, lying, are those of a situational ethicist. I find > it > > very disturbing. My only hope is that as he gets older, as often happens > > with teen-agers, our words and our lessons will start to make more sense. > > > > H. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
