tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post6971579680615265350..comments2023-12-29T10:13:54.118-07:00Comments on <center>Walled-In Pond</center>: I Don't Say "The Pledge." I Just Don't/Won't! So I Admire This Young ManWoody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-43158144494817425112009-11-24T10:42:47.548-07:002009-11-24T10:42:47.548-07:00Sorry, Alexandra, there's not gonna be another...Sorry, Alexandra, there's not gonna be another dissertation from this node of the family. One, no matter how defective, was enough...<br /><br />And anyway, if i did it, it would be to draw the explicit comparison between the overt and tacit parallels between the operations of the school-qua-ISA and the Press-qua-ISA.Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-30498616467610418632009-11-24T08:09:23.050-07:002009-11-24T08:09:23.050-07:00Maybe your next dissertation could be on the fasci...Maybe your next dissertation could be on the fascist actions of background checks, sexual predator checks, and probably general information broker checks in secret and not necessarily the truth, on all the people, parents included, who enter the public schools. And that ain't all.Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-71593795954756002862009-11-21T11:14:29.723-07:002009-11-21T11:14:29.723-07:00On th other hand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...On th other hand: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po47SNloMBg&feature=player_embeddedWoody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-11051277133391226402009-11-21T10:18:42.236-07:002009-11-21T10:18:42.236-07:00Doncha think the educational moment would have had...Doncha think the educational moment would have had to consist in the teacher admitting and validating the boy's views, being persuaded by the correctness of his position, and then defending him against the slings tossed his way by his peers?<br /><br />Granted: 1) she was a substitute, and 2) he didn't need to be defended apparently (the whole "skipped grade" thing makes myt knees weak)... It was a power play, pure and simple. Schools, as with all other institutional state apparati, make it a point to pretend they don't tell their audiences what to think. That's a sophistry, but it's an adequate precis. What they do do is direct the audience's attention to the "acceptable" topics--missing white girls, shark attacks, aircraft disasters, political horse-races kabuki--and supply the discourse (the tropes and metaphors) with which to think about them. The media do this obviously, schools less so but no less ubiquitously.<br /><br />that should have been my dissertation...it wasn't, but it should have been...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-82334397094347371432009-11-21T07:39:09.365-07:002009-11-21T07:39:09.365-07:00I think what he did was perfectly reasonable, and ...I think what he did was perfectly reasonable, and I applaud his stand. As a 5th grade teacher, I think his teacher took the wrong tack. What should have happened is a discussion of his views, not just the usual top down power trip. The teacher missed a golden opportunity for education. I object to the Pledge of Alligence on many levels: first of all is the fact that it was written as the result of a newspaper contest, the second is that it is a series of nods to special interests, the last being "under god" which was added because the Knights of Columbus raised a stink. Personally, when I MUST say the pledge of alligence, I often say ( sotto voce) "under dog".<br />It sounds the same, has the same letters, and is closer to my personal philosophy.Mr. Pelicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13806404745132042148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10928393.post-60157496938850375512009-11-20T18:38:13.935-07:002009-11-20T18:38:13.935-07:00Brave boy and his parents too. I fear for him as p...Brave boy and his parents too. I fear for him as people are so mean and ignorant in this country.Alexandranoreply@blogger.com