27 May 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungGood grief. You don't sound like an educator to me. Stay away from kids. Take the McDonald's job.
I'm in more demand than your hypothetical kid. Kids who need a better education are easy to find in inner city Los Angeles. Qualified science teachers are not. If my Principal has a problem with my attitude, she shouldn't be pushing me so hard to adopt it for one thing, and second, I already have another job offer on the table. I'm only in teachin ...[text shortened]... need for me. If I'm not needed I can go work at McDonald's. Either way is cool with me.
27 May 08
Originally posted by pawnhandlerI agree that it's good to promote caucasian US culture as well, as being equally valid as any other culture. Cricket would be a better choice than rugby. Maybe having cricket, soccer and baseball photos up would be a good compromise.
Today's newspaper included an article in which a high school student in an ethnic studies program stated that a baseball poster in a classroom "should be soccer or rugby to validate other cultures." Should. Not "in addition to" and not "it would be nice." This is in a town that had two baseball stadiums devoted to major league spring training a few m ...[text shortened]... e who thinks that acknowledging other cultures doesn't mean ignoring the dominant one?
27 May 08
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Originally posted by pawnhandlerHmmm, ... and don't you think this begs the question:
Today's newspaper included an article in which a high school student in an ethnic studies program stated that a baseball poster in a classroom "should be soccer or rugby to validate other cultures." Should. Not "in addition to" and not "it would be nice." This is in a town that had two baseball stadiums devoted to major league spring training a few m e who thinks that acknowledging other cultures doesn't mean ignoring the dominant one?
In the name of Multi-Culturalism, shouldn't someone be complaining that there are no posters of cannibals in the cafeteria?
27 May 08
Originally posted by dizzyfingersNo. Culture is not a blank cheque that excuses breaches of universal morality. There are some universal ethical standards, even if some cultures, groups or individuals do not acknowledge them. For example, female genital mutilation is objectively and universally wrong, even if some ignorant cultures don't agree and some ignorant Western PC cultural relativists don't agree. The fact that one's culture considers something to be OK no more excuses it than the fact that Jack the Ripper considered murdering sex workers to be OK.
Hmmm, ... this begs the question:
In the name of Multi-Culturalism, shouldn't someone be complaining that there are no posters of cannibals in the cafeteria?
Likewise, some European countries need to stop opening their borders to Islamic fundamentalists who sexually assault or harass women or girls and think it's OK because their victims don't wear veils. Send these criminals to prison where they belong, and boot the ass of any immigrant who makes excuses for them back to whatever country they came from. Expel any Muslim student who sexually harasses a female student and thinks it's OK because she doesn't wear a veil.