You've got to watch this video...
Watch out for the ending, though; A bit of profanity there.
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
In yet another pathetic attempt by scientists to minimalize and explain away Christianity, Florida State University Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof says that rare conditions could have aligned to form a small, isolated patch of floating ice on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus didn't really walk on water, he walked on ice!
Looking at temperature records of the Mediterranean Sea surface and using analytical ice and statistical models, scientists considered a small section of the cold freshwater surface of the lake. The area studied, about 10,000 square feet, was near salty springs that empty into it.
The results suggest temperatures dropped to 25 degrees Fahrenheit (-4 degrees Celsius) during one of the two cold periods 2,500-1,500 years ago for up to two days, the same decades during which Jesus lived.
With such conditions, a floating patch of ice could develop above the plumes resulting from the salty springs along the lake's western shore in Tabgha. Tabgha is the town where many archeological findings related to Jesus have been found.
"We simply explain that unique freezing processes probably happened in that region only a handful of times during the last 12,000 years," said Doron Nof, "We leave to others the question of whether or not our research explains the biblical account."
Uh-huh. Anyone else think he may be stretching a bit for this one? Conditions that are almost impossible happened at that precise moment, and a floe of significant enough size, stability and thickness appeared at exactly the right position for Christ to walk across it? Seems like a miracle to me!
I wonder what it is about the Christian faith that inspires so many scientists to try to disprove it?
Looking at temperature records of the Mediterranean Sea surface and using analytical ice and statistical models, scientists considered a small section of the cold freshwater surface of the lake. The area studied, about 10,000 square feet, was near salty springs that empty into it.
The results suggest temperatures dropped to 25 degrees Fahrenheit (-4 degrees Celsius) during one of the two cold periods 2,500-1,500 years ago for up to two days, the same decades during which Jesus lived.
With such conditions, a floating patch of ice could develop above the plumes resulting from the salty springs along the lake's western shore in Tabgha. Tabgha is the town where many archeological findings related to Jesus have been found.
"We simply explain that unique freezing processes probably happened in that region only a handful of times during the last 12,000 years," said Doron Nof, "We leave to others the question of whether or not our research explains the biblical account."
Uh-huh. Anyone else think he may be stretching a bit for this one? Conditions that are almost impossible happened at that precise moment, and a floe of significant enough size, stability and thickness appeared at exactly the right position for Christ to walk across it? Seems like a miracle to me!
I wonder what it is about the Christian faith that inspires so many scientists to try to disprove it?
Hey girls, here's a hap-hap-happy little news blurb for 'ya...
A textbook used in schools in New Delhi, India, in the state of Rajasthan compares and contrasts women to donkeys, and suggests that the animal makes a man a better companion than a human woman, as they complain less and are more loyal to their "masters."
"A donkey is like a housewife ... In fact, the donkey is a shade better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey being disloyal to his master."
This appears in a Hindi-language primer intended for 14-year olds, and was approved by the state's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
As you can imagine, women's advocates were outraged!
"The comparison was made in good humor," state education official A.R. Khan was quoted as saying. "However, protests have been taken note of and the board is in the process of removing it (the reference)."
Good humor, huh? Ha, Ha, Ha...
A textbook used in schools in New Delhi, India, in the state of Rajasthan compares and contrasts women to donkeys, and suggests that the animal makes a man a better companion than a human woman, as they complain less and are more loyal to their "masters."
"A donkey is like a housewife ... In fact, the donkey is a shade better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey being disloyal to his master."
This appears in a Hindi-language primer intended for 14-year olds, and was approved by the state's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
As you can imagine, women's advocates were outraged!
"The comparison was made in good humor," state education official A.R. Khan was quoted as saying. "However, protests have been taken note of and the board is in the process of removing it (the reference)."
Good humor, huh? Ha, Ha, Ha...
What the heck is going on in Colorado?
Students at Shaw Heights Middle School are no longer allowed to wear anything that is patriotic, including camouflage, because the school considers it a political, anti-Hispanic statement.
"It upsets me that we cannot support our troops -- the military," said Kirsten Golgart, an eighth grader who was told she'd be suspended if she didn't change her clothes. "We can't support our country. If we're American, I think we should be proud to be an American."
The school principle, Myla Shepard, said she wanted to prevent fighting.
"We started seeing name calling," Shepherd said. "Safety is my first concern, so I'm going to do things to keep us from getting to a point where anybody is hurt or being suspended for fighting."
One student who wore a pair of blue jeans, and a red and white sweater, she would be expelled.
Expelled? HUH?!?
In Longmont, CO, the principle of Skyline High School banned all flags because of tensions due to the recent focus on illegal immigration. Yep, all flags, including the AMERICAN flag!
Here's a free suggestion for 'ya: Punish the kids after they do something wrong, and don't infringe on my freedoms!
This is outrageous! We are Americans, for heaven's sake! It's only right that the flag be flown in our own country. Are we so worried about bruising someone's feelings that we will deny our own identity?
Students at Shaw Heights Middle School are no longer allowed to wear anything that is patriotic, including camouflage, because the school considers it a political, anti-Hispanic statement.
"It upsets me that we cannot support our troops -- the military," said Kirsten Golgart, an eighth grader who was told she'd be suspended if she didn't change her clothes. "We can't support our country. If we're American, I think we should be proud to be an American."
The school principle, Myla Shepard, said she wanted to prevent fighting.
"We started seeing name calling," Shepherd said. "Safety is my first concern, so I'm going to do things to keep us from getting to a point where anybody is hurt or being suspended for fighting."
One student who wore a pair of blue jeans, and a red and white sweater, she would be expelled.
Expelled? HUH?!?
In Longmont, CO, the principle of Skyline High School banned all flags because of tensions due to the recent focus on illegal immigration. Yep, all flags, including the AMERICAN flag!
Here's a free suggestion for 'ya: Punish the kids after they do something wrong, and don't infringe on my freedoms!
This is outrageous! We are Americans, for heaven's sake! It's only right that the flag be flown in our own country. Are we so worried about bruising someone's feelings that we will deny our own identity?
Cynthia McKinney just flopped the race card, as most of you have probably heard.U.S. Capitol police are seeking an arrest warrant, and have "referred its investigative findings to the U.S. attorney."
Filing such an affidavit is the first step in obtaining an arrest warrant. Only if Wainstein approves the affidavit can Capitol Police officials ask a judge to issue the arrest warrant.
Wainstein could clear the way for a warrant. He also could turn the case over to a grand jury, even without a warrant, or he could decline to go forward with the case.
McKinney called the incident one of "racial profiling."
Nevermind the fact that she is purportedly notorious for not wearing her identification. She complained because she said she changed her hairstyle and wasn't recognized, and therefore singled out because she is black.
Cynthia, that hairdo isn't working, for starters. Are police now supposed to memorize every last person who works in the building?
You know what all of this is really about? Cynthia McKinney's self-importance is so huge that when she was stopped, per policy, for not wearing the proper identificationand ignoring police three times, princess' ego got a little bruised. How is it possible that some common person, some pleb, would not recognize her, Cynthia McKinney, for goodness sake!
So she, in a rage of ego, struck him. That's a huge offense, and if you or I had tried it, we'd be sitting in a jail cell right now! So, privileged Senator who isn't under arrest, I'd fold on the race card!
I think that the most infuriating thing about this is that there is real racism out there, even in this day and age. McKinney flippantly using racism to cover for her own irresponsibility and lack of self-control trivializes it. Keep it up, and no one will listen, because like the boy who cried wolf, they're going to get tired of coming to the rescue when it was only a lie!
Monday, April 3, 2006
The Westboro Baptist Church (Or, as I like to call them, the Phelps' Family Church) began protesting as soon as they heard of rainbow sheep.Notice the worried look on the sheep's face.
Rainbow Sheep are the latest creation of the PC movement. In an effort to eliminate racism in children's nursery rhymes, the PACT (Parents And Children Together) of London have altered the words to "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" to Rainbow Sheep.
Oh, PUH-Lease!
Other nurseries have refused this nonsense.
"We sing Baa Baa Black Sheep and Baa Baa White Sheep because that's reality, that's what the children see in the fields and it encourages them to look around them," said Jill Edge, from the Sunshine Centre in Banbury, north Oxfordshire.
"Realistically, they are not going to see rainbow sheep in the fields. There are much better ways of addressing these issues."
Once they realized that PACT wasn't a pro gay/lesbian organization, the Westboro Baptist Church quietly packed it up and left the field.
Teresa Prenderville of Indiana was ordered by a judge to attend an anger management course. The smart thing to do would have been to attend the course, get through it and be done.
But no one ever said Teresa was smart. She became angry during one session and threatened to kill a fellow class member.
The specialist who runs the class told police a 26-year-old man walked in and asked Prenderville if the seat next to her was taken. The specialist told police Prenderville immediately started yelling to the man, "I'm going to put a cap in you and send you to heaven."
And she didn't stop there. She repeated it several times, until the man began to shake and tear up. She threw a threat at another member of class, and stormed out into the lobby. She then decided to further relieve her anger by knocking over a display case near the front door, bending the door frame and breaking the glass, racking up $200 in damages.
Police found her walking away from the building, and told them she snapped because he made fun of her. The man and all present staff say he only asked to sit next to her.
Police say she has no mental deficiencies; just an inability to control herself.
I guess she failed the class.
But no one ever said Teresa was smart. She became angry during one session and threatened to kill a fellow class member.
The specialist who runs the class told police a 26-year-old man walked in and asked Prenderville if the seat next to her was taken. The specialist told police Prenderville immediately started yelling to the man, "I'm going to put a cap in you and send you to heaven."
And she didn't stop there. She repeated it several times, until the man began to shake and tear up. She threw a threat at another member of class, and stormed out into the lobby. She then decided to further relieve her anger by knocking over a display case near the front door, bending the door frame and breaking the glass, racking up $200 in damages.
Police found her walking away from the building, and told them she snapped because he made fun of her. The man and all present staff say he only asked to sit next to her.
Police say she has no mental deficiencies; just an inability to control herself.
I guess she failed the class.
Can you pass the US citizenship test?
Here's a website that gives you twenty questions at a time that appear on the US citizenship test, and grades your answers. You can even take it in Spanish if you'd like.
I say that everyone should be tested, and anyone found in the country who cannot pass should be immediately deported to a country of their choosing... Ah, well. Wishful thinking, I guess.
Citizenship Test
Here's a website that gives you twenty questions at a time that appear on the US citizenship test, and grades your answers. You can even take it in Spanish if you'd like.
I say that everyone should be tested, and anyone found in the country who cannot pass should be immediately deported to a country of their choosing... Ah, well. Wishful thinking, I guess.
Citizenship Test
Sunday, April 2, 2006
Man, are drug cartels evil or what? As if it isn't enough that they cater poison to society's addicted, now they're getting their product across the boarder (yeah, there's that boarder thing again...) in headstones shaped like the Virgin Mary!
The DEA announced the arrest of 12 people in a smuggling ring stretching from Mexico City to New York.
Bricks of cocaine were found packed in the headstones, each one containing 20 to 25 kilos.
"Like grave robbers who have no respect for the dead, this drug organization used revered tombstones to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into New York City," said John Gilbride, the special agent in charge of the New York DEA office.
In an earlier seizure effort, officials intercepted nearly $500,000 in cocaine and drug proceeds. According to the DEA, their efforts have dismantled the entire ring, from Mexico City suppliers all the way down to New York street dealers.
And if the whole Virgin Mary statue thing weren't evil enough, last month the DEA busted a ring of smugglers who surgically inserted drugs into puppies to sneak their filth across the country.
The DEA announced the arrest of 12 people in a smuggling ring stretching from Mexico City to New York.
Bricks of cocaine were found packed in the headstones, each one containing 20 to 25 kilos.
"Like grave robbers who have no respect for the dead, this drug organization used revered tombstones to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into New York City," said John Gilbride, the special agent in charge of the New York DEA office.
In an earlier seizure effort, officials intercepted nearly $500,000 in cocaine and drug proceeds. According to the DEA, their efforts have dismantled the entire ring, from Mexico City suppliers all the way down to New York street dealers.
And if the whole Virgin Mary statue thing weren't evil enough, last month the DEA busted a ring of smugglers who surgically inserted drugs into puppies to sneak their filth across the country.
Here's yet another reason to secure our boarders: FBI director Robert Mueller said that his agency busted a human smuggling ring this week. That's not too out of the ordinary, but here's where it gets scary... The smugglers were sneaking Hezbollah operatives across the boarder into the US!
"This was an occasion in which Hezbollah operatives were assisting others with some association with Hezbollah in coming to the United States,Mueller told a House Appropriations subcommittee during a Tuesday hearing on the FBI's budget.
Mueller admitted that Hezbollah had succeeded ingettingg some of its operatives across the boarder, and told the House committee:"That was an organization that we dismantled and identified those persons who had been smuggled in. And they have been addressed as well.
I hope that means they were able to find them all!
If you will recall, Hezbollah is responsible for the second most deadly attack on the US; the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, which killed 243 US troops.
In another warm-feeling piece of boarder news, the FBI caught a terrorist on its most-wanted list near the Mexican boarder last November. The Al-Qaida operative was housed in a Texas jail and turned over to the Feds.
"A confirmed al-Qaida terrorist, an Iraqi national, was held in the Brewster County jail," Rep. Culberson told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity. "He was captured in Mexico. This was within the last six weeks. He was turned over to the FBI."
Who could possibly need a more compelling reason to put our military on the Mexican boarder?
"This was an occasion in which Hezbollah operatives were assisting others with some association with Hezbollah in coming to the United States,Mueller told a House Appropriations subcommittee during a Tuesday hearing on the FBI's budget.
Mueller admitted that Hezbollah had succeeded ingettingg some of its operatives across the boarder, and told the House committee:"That was an organization that we dismantled and identified those persons who had been smuggled in. And they have been addressed as well.
I hope that means they were able to find them all!
If you will recall, Hezbollah is responsible for the second most deadly attack on the US; the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, which killed 243 US troops.
In another warm-feeling piece of boarder news, the FBI caught a terrorist on its most-wanted list near the Mexican boarder last November. The Al-Qaida operative was housed in a Texas jail and turned over to the Feds.
"A confirmed al-Qaida terrorist, an Iraqi national, was held in the Brewster County jail," Rep. Culberson told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity. "He was captured in Mexico. This was within the last six weeks. He was turned over to the FBI."
Who could possibly need a more compelling reason to put our military on the Mexican boarder?
Saturday, April 1, 2006
A school in Apopka, FL are angry over a "Holocaust" experiment that took place on eight graders on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Students with last names beginning with L through Z were given yellow stars to wear throughout the day, while other students were privileged.
The privileged students weren't called Nazis, and the yellow stars had only five points. I guess they still had to be PC about this nonsense.
One boy was made to go to the back of the lunchline four times by an administrator, and children with the 'five point' stars were disallowed from using certain facilities.
Parents who were upset felt that the experiment taught their children little or nothing.
"Children were selected to be persecuted or privileged, some not told the rule," Local 6 reporter Gerald Reznick said. "Parents tell Local 6 they were not told prior to the school-wide experiment."
"Teachers felt that it would have defeated the purpose to tell the students ahead of time because that would have prepared them," Principal Douglas Guthrie said. "Students came in and all they got was a star."
"This was supposed to be a creative way to teach the horrors of the Holocaust but unfortunately, it has sparked controversy and more importantly, it has sparked conversation," Reznick said. "We have now heard from nearly a dozen parents (who are) very upset."
Ya think? So, let me get this straight...Not being allowed to use a water fountain or going to the back of the lunchline teaches about the horrors of genocide, eugenics and Nazi Germany in general?
Even the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida could not justify this sort of thing.
"Of course, we applaud Apopka (Memorial) Middle School's effort to engage in Holocaust education with the hope of a tolerance education component in the classroom. That is the mission of The Center to teach tolerance through Holocaust remembrance and education. However, we do not encourage nor train teachers to engage in simulation exercises."
When I was in high school, they had an exercise similar to this, except the point was that we had to either be slaves, overseers or masters, thereby learning about the travesty of slavery.
We had to wear tags identifying who we were. Slaves had to do whatever they were told (barring, of course, sexual assault or other similarly inappropriate things), such as going to the back of the lunchline, barred use of certain restrooms, ect. If an overseer or master wanted food off of the luchtray that you bought, you had to give it up. If you had to go all of the way to the other side of the school building to use the restroom and was late to class, you had to take a detention.
Yours truly was a slave, but part of the privilege of being a quiet nerd meant no one ever noticed my existence, the same as usual.
If I was the person then that I am now, I'd have walked right out of school that day. What a farce!
I submit that this sort of thing doesn't really teach anything, but rather is an insult to the memory of those who have suffered by trivializing what they went through.
The privileged students weren't called Nazis, and the yellow stars had only five points. I guess they still had to be PC about this nonsense.
One boy was made to go to the back of the lunchline four times by an administrator, and children with the 'five point' stars were disallowed from using certain facilities.
Parents who were upset felt that the experiment taught their children little or nothing.
"Children were selected to be persecuted or privileged, some not told the rule," Local 6 reporter Gerald Reznick said. "Parents tell Local 6 they were not told prior to the school-wide experiment."
"Teachers felt that it would have defeated the purpose to tell the students ahead of time because that would have prepared them," Principal Douglas Guthrie said. "Students came in and all they got was a star."
"This was supposed to be a creative way to teach the horrors of the Holocaust but unfortunately, it has sparked controversy and more importantly, it has sparked conversation," Reznick said. "We have now heard from nearly a dozen parents (who are) very upset."
Ya think? So, let me get this straight...Not being allowed to use a water fountain or going to the back of the lunchline teaches about the horrors of genocide, eugenics and Nazi Germany in general?
Even the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida could not justify this sort of thing.
"Of course, we applaud Apopka (Memorial) Middle School's effort to engage in Holocaust education with the hope of a tolerance education component in the classroom. That is the mission of The Center to teach tolerance through Holocaust remembrance and education. However, we do not encourage nor train teachers to engage in simulation exercises."
When I was in high school, they had an exercise similar to this, except the point was that we had to either be slaves, overseers or masters, thereby learning about the travesty of slavery.
We had to wear tags identifying who we were. Slaves had to do whatever they were told (barring, of course, sexual assault or other similarly inappropriate things), such as going to the back of the lunchline, barred use of certain restrooms, ect. If an overseer or master wanted food off of the luchtray that you bought, you had to give it up. If you had to go all of the way to the other side of the school building to use the restroom and was late to class, you had to take a detention.
Yours truly was a slave, but part of the privilege of being a quiet nerd meant no one ever noticed my existence, the same as usual.
If I was the person then that I am now, I'd have walked right out of school that day. What a farce!
I submit that this sort of thing doesn't really teach anything, but rather is an insult to the memory of those who have suffered by trivializing what they went through.
A school in Apopka, FL are angry over a "Holocaust" experiment that took place on eight graders on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Students with last names beginning with L through Z were given yellow stars to wear throughout the day, while other students were privileged.
The privileged students weren't called Nazis, and the yellow stars had only five points. I guess they still had to be PC about this nonsense.
One boy was made to go to the back of the lunchline four times by an administrator, and children with the 'five point' stars were disallowed from using certain facilities.
Parents who were upset felt that the experiment taught their children little or nothing.
"Children were selected to be persecuted or privileged, some not told the rule," Local 6 reporter Gerald Reznick said. "Parents tell Local 6 they were not told prior to the school-wide experiment."
"Teachers felt that it would have defeated the purpose to tell the students ahead of time because that would have prepared them," Principal Douglas Guthrie said. "Students came in and all they got was a star."
"This was supposed to be a creative way to teach the horrors of the Holocaust but unfortunately, it has sparked controversy and more importantly, it has sparked conversation," Reznick said. "We have now heard from nearly a dozen parents (who are) very upset."
Ya think? So, let me get this straight...Not being allowed to use a water fountain or going to the back of the lunchline teaches about the horrors of genocide, eugenics and Nazi Germany in general?
Even the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida could not justify this sort of thing.
"Of course, we applaud Apopka (Memorial) Middle School's effort to engage in Holocaust education with the hope of a tolerance education component in the classroom. That is the mission of The Center to teach tolerance through Holocaust remembrance and education. However, we do not encourage nor train teachers to engage in simulation exercises."
When I was in high school, they had an exercise similar to this, except the point was that we had to either be slaves, overseers or masters, thereby learning about the travesty of slavery.
We had to wear tags identifying who we were. Slaves had to do whatever they were told (barring, of course, sexual assault or other similarly inappropriate things), such as going to the back of the lunchline, barred use of certain restrooms, ect. If an overseer or master wanted food off of the luchtray that you bought, you had to give it up. If you had to go all of the way to the other side of the school building to use the restroom and was late to class, you had to take a detention.
Yours truly was a slave, but part of the privilege of being a quiet nerd meant no one ever noticed my existence, the same as usual.
If I was the person then that I am now, I'd have walked right out of school that day. What a farce!
I submit that this sort of thing doesn't really teach anything, but rather is an insult to the memory of those who have suffered by trivializing what they went through.
The privileged students weren't called Nazis, and the yellow stars had only five points. I guess they still had to be PC about this nonsense.
One boy was made to go to the back of the lunchline four times by an administrator, and children with the 'five point' stars were disallowed from using certain facilities.
Parents who were upset felt that the experiment taught their children little or nothing.
"Children were selected to be persecuted or privileged, some not told the rule," Local 6 reporter Gerald Reznick said. "Parents tell Local 6 they were not told prior to the school-wide experiment."
"Teachers felt that it would have defeated the purpose to tell the students ahead of time because that would have prepared them," Principal Douglas Guthrie said. "Students came in and all they got was a star."
"This was supposed to be a creative way to teach the horrors of the Holocaust but unfortunately, it has sparked controversy and more importantly, it has sparked conversation," Reznick said. "We have now heard from nearly a dozen parents (who are) very upset."
Ya think? So, let me get this straight...Not being allowed to use a water fountain or going to the back of the lunchline teaches about the horrors of genocide, eugenics and Nazi Germany in general?
Even the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida could not justify this sort of thing.
"Of course, we applaud Apopka (Memorial) Middle School's effort to engage in Holocaust education with the hope of a tolerance education component in the classroom. That is the mission of The Center to teach tolerance through Holocaust remembrance and education. However, we do not encourage nor train teachers to engage in simulation exercises."
When I was in high school, they had an exercise similar to this, except the point was that we had to either be slaves, overseers or masters, thereby learning about the travesty of slavery.
We had to wear tags identifying who we were. Slaves had to do whatever they were told (barring, of course, sexual assault or other similarly inappropriate things), such as going to the back of the lunchline, barred use of certain restrooms, ect. If an overseer or master wanted food off of the luchtray that you bought, you had to give it up. If you had to go all of the way to the other side of the school building to use the restroom and was late to class, you had to take a detention.
Yours truly was a slave, but part of the privilege of being a quiet nerd meant no one ever noticed my existence, the same as usual.
If I was the person then that I am now, I'd have walked right out of school that day. What a farce!
I submit that this sort of thing doesn't really teach anything, but rather is an insult to the memory of those who have suffered by trivializing what they went through.
A school in Apopka, FL are angry over a "Holocaust" experiment that took place on eight graders on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Students with last names beginning with L through Z were given yellow stars to wear throughout the day, while other students were privileged.
The privileged students weren't called Nazis, and the yellow stars had only five points. I guess they still had to be PC about this nonsense.
One boy was made to go to the back of the lunchline four times by an administrator, and children with the 'five point' stars were disallowed from using certain facilities.
Parents who were upset felt that the experiment taught their children little or nothing.
"Children were selected to be persecuted or privileged, some not told the rule," Local 6 reporter Gerald Reznick said. "Parents tell Local 6 they were not told prior to the school-wide experiment."
"Teachers felt that it would have defeated the purpose to tell the students ahead of time because that would have prepared them," Principal Douglas Guthrie said. "Students came in and all they got was a star."
"This was supposed to be a creative way to teach the horrors of the Holocaust but unfortunately, it has sparked controversy and more importantly, it has sparked conversation," Reznick said. "We have now heard from nearly a dozen parents (who are) very upset."
Ya think? So, let me get this straight...Not being allowed to use a water fountain or going to the back of the lunchline teaches about the horrors of genocide, eugenics and Nazi Germany in general?
Even the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida could not justify this sort of thing.
"Of course, we applaud Apopka (Memorial) Middle School's effort to engage in Holocaust education with the hope of a tolerance education component in the classroom. That is the mission of The Center to teach tolerance through Holocaust remembrance and education. However, we do not encourage nor train teachers to engage in simulation exercises."
When I was in high school, they had an exercise similar to this, except the point was that we had to either be slaves, overseers or masters, thereby learning about the travesty of slavery.
We had to wear tags identifying who we were. Slaves had to do whatever they were told (barring, of course, sexual assault or other similarly inappropriate things), such as going to the back of the lunchline, barred use of certain restrooms, ect. If an overseer or master wanted food off of the luchtray that you bought, you had to give it up. If you had to go all of the way to the other side of the school building to use the restroom and was late to class, you had to take a detention.
Yours truly was a slave, but part of the privilege of being a quiet nerd meant no one ever noticed my existence, the same as usual.
If I was the person then that I am now, I'd have walked right out of school that day. What a farce!
I submit that this sort of thing doesn't really teach anything, but rather is an insult to the memory of those who have suffered by trivializing what they went through.
The privileged students weren't called Nazis, and the yellow stars had only five points. I guess they still had to be PC about this nonsense.
One boy was made to go to the back of the lunchline four times by an administrator, and children with the 'five point' stars were disallowed from using certain facilities.
Parents who were upset felt that the experiment taught their children little or nothing.
"Children were selected to be persecuted or privileged, some not told the rule," Local 6 reporter Gerald Reznick said. "Parents tell Local 6 they were not told prior to the school-wide experiment."
"Teachers felt that it would have defeated the purpose to tell the students ahead of time because that would have prepared them," Principal Douglas Guthrie said. "Students came in and all they got was a star."
"This was supposed to be a creative way to teach the horrors of the Holocaust but unfortunately, it has sparked controversy and more importantly, it has sparked conversation," Reznick said. "We have now heard from nearly a dozen parents (who are) very upset."
Ya think? So, let me get this straight...Not being allowed to use a water fountain or going to the back of the lunchline teaches about the horrors of genocide, eugenics and Nazi Germany in general?
Even the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida could not justify this sort of thing.
"Of course, we applaud Apopka (Memorial) Middle School's effort to engage in Holocaust education with the hope of a tolerance education component in the classroom. That is the mission of The Center to teach tolerance through Holocaust remembrance and education. However, we do not encourage nor train teachers to engage in simulation exercises."
When I was in high school, they had an exercise similar to this, except the point was that we had to either be slaves, overseers or masters, thereby learning about the travesty of slavery.
We had to wear tags identifying who we were. Slaves had to do whatever they were told (barring, of course, sexual assault or other similarly inappropriate things), such as going to the back of the lunchline, barred use of certain restrooms, ect. If an overseer or master wanted food off of the luchtray that you bought, you had to give it up. If you had to go all of the way to the other side of the school building to use the restroom and was late to class, you had to take a detention.
Yours truly was a slave, but part of the privilege of being a quiet nerd meant no one ever noticed my existence, the same as usual.
If I was the person then that I am now, I'd have walked right out of school that day. What a farce!
I submit that this sort of thing doesn't really teach anything, but rather is an insult to the memory of those who have suffered by trivializing what they went through.
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