I remember from college that the ones most susceptible to this kind of political propaganda - or any kind, religious, social etc. - were the naive ones, the ones who had sailed that far into adulthood blissfully unaware of anything that had ever happened. They would talk wide-eyed about Vietnam or Chile or El Salvador as though I had never heard of these places - because THEY hadn't. And they believed their 20-year-old political genius friend knew more about the world than Mom, Dad, and everyone they knew growing up.
SOMETIMES, it's politics. Other times, it's religion. I continue to be amazed that, generation after generation, the college age group always believes its new found "wisdom" to be superior to anything else they have heard. I got caught up in part of this for a while too. You think short term as a kid. Somewhere along the line it occurred to me - I've been listening to this twit for a couple years, and he ain't done NOTHING productive. Why do I think he has any idea what he's talking about?
So it seems to me the best ammunition you can give your kids is to keep them in the loop, talk to them about these things and encourage them to think for themselves. Most of the kids I knew who hooked up with these groups were rebelling.
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cmdrfunk
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Re: Re: Re: College Campuses, the left, and censorship
Nothing. It's a private forum. That was the point.
Originally posted by penncam
As I understand it, this board is a public forum that you are invited to join if you wish.
When you log on with a screen name password and e-mail address you agree to keep it civil, keep profanity to a minimum, and agree to sell your first born male child to the highest bidder.
So, what's wrong with that?
Nothing. It's a private forum. That was the point.
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cmdrfunk
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"Recently, students at a Colorado university were told to write an essay on why President Bush (search) is a war criminal. When one student wrote instead that Saddam Hussein was the war criminal, she received a failing grade."
I don't like how that's put.
The assignment could have been name the ways in which he could be considered a war criminal whether or not you really thought he was. And if you disagree, try to prove the assertion anyway as an exercise on examining things intensely from the opposing perspective.
I was in honors english composition in a class of 5 students my first year of college at Penn State and we did things like this. We'd have to write a paper on say the death penalty or nuclear power and try to prove whether we were for or against them and then the next paper would be "refute your previous paper." It was a good exercise of seeing the flaws in your own arguments.
There's not enough detail, and it looks like the facts are being twisted.
Actually now that i read that quote again, she should fail if she wrote a paper completely off subject. If your boss says write a report on the the SF52 rocket and you turn in something about how you don't really think the SF52 is a rocket you're gonna be out on your butt. The least you could do is ask for a different approach to the report/assignment before going willy nilly to stick it to your professor/boss.
I don't like how that's put.
The assignment could have been name the ways in which he could be considered a war criminal whether or not you really thought he was. And if you disagree, try to prove the assertion anyway as an exercise on examining things intensely from the opposing perspective.
I was in honors english composition in a class of 5 students my first year of college at Penn State and we did things like this. We'd have to write a paper on say the death penalty or nuclear power and try to prove whether we were for or against them and then the next paper would be "refute your previous paper." It was a good exercise of seeing the flaws in your own arguments.
There's not enough detail, and it looks like the facts are being twisted.
Actually now that i read that quote again, she should fail if she wrote a paper completely off subject. If your boss says write a report on the the SF52 rocket and you turn in something about how you don't really think the SF52 is a rocket you're gonna be out on your butt. The least you could do is ask for a different approach to the report/assignment before going willy nilly to stick it to your professor/boss.
So then the kids that DON'T think Bush is a war criminal are actually getting two assignments, while the Lefty kids are only getting one?
Sorry - don't think so.
Not only that but, if the essays get made public (and I don't put that past Leftists), you're on record saying that Bush is a war criminal, even if you don't really think that.
Maybe I am being simplistic but it seems that the student didn't complete the assignment and deserved the grade. Maybe stating that there is no basis for a charge such as that and justifying that view point would have been the road to take instead of changing the topic completely.
Pete
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Don't go to Maine looking for love thenOriginally posted by penncam
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I suppose it takes all kinds, but the image of some hulking gal in a plaid wool shirt and jeans, wearing hiking boots does not "get it" for me. You know what I'm sayin'?
Whatever floats your boat, as they say.
Maybe I need to get out more often.
