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About LinkBacksIf you want people to ignore it, then stick it up in schools.
It will then be as 'uncool' to the kids as algebra.
If you want people to ignore it, then stick it up in schools.
It will then be as 'uncool' to the kids as algebra.
This is a valid point.Originally Posted by st333ve
There was a priesthood recruitment poster on the noticeboard of our sixth year corridor which read "Join the real Men-in-Black". I think they must have gotten Father Damo to do it up for them. It genuinely made us laugh out loud every time we passed it.
"POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."-Ambrose Bierce
Kids graffiti Republican slogans on school walls up here, imagine if they tried to teach them these things in school and shoved the constitution in their face etc.
There would be two outcomes, they would all end like up overly patriotic American nutters or turn into Unionists.
Or withdraw in disgust and not give a schiser about any of it.
"POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."-Ambrose Bierce
Well thats the most likely outcome.
If theyre falling asleep on a friday afternoon while the teacher reads out the constitution to them, then they will most likely have no real interest in it outside of school.
People learn about their history and origins on their own, its natural.
Teach them the basics yes, but dont go too far .
Do you see how that is your opinion, the proclamation can not be separated from the events surrounding it. I would suggest that if it is that important to you you should not drag it into an argument or use it to define those who do not wish to be defined by those events.
I would not attack it and i don't see it as a bad thing, it is part of our history. But it is symbolic of a time of events and of Groups that i am not represented by. I have the right to expect my child to be taught all the facts of history as facts, not to wrap one part up in the flag at the expense of others.
Personally i don't like the idea of politicising schools, and i would say whether you share my views or not you could at least see the good in that.
Cira/rira Not in my name.
It does? Why? Because you say so?
Because it says so.
Btw, I don't like flags in school (unless the are a celebration of diverse nationalities). I do think every child has a right to know the (political) history of their country and to understand how the current State came to be. I, for one, was never taught anything along these lines.
Joke, right?
Did you go to school in Ireland? It was a pretty central part of the history curriculum, both national and secondary, when I was in school.I do think every child has a right to know the (political) history of their country and to understand how the current State came to be. I, for one, was never taught anything along these lines.
Femme went to school in the North, and like the past, they do things differently there...
"Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse." - Pierre-Simon de Laplace to Napoleon Bonaparte.
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