(November 1, 2015 at 5:18 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(November 1, 2015 at 5:11 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Or you can just ignore the petulant child and have the principle come ask to speak to them, like a non-psychotic, non-totalitarian human being would do.
The principle does not go to you. You go to the principle.
Actually, one of my best friends (unfortunately, he's a devout Christian, but a good, open-minded and intelligent guy) is about to get his PhD in education, and he has worked as a temporary/replacement principle in numerous "failing" schools; it's what his dissertation is about. His work has shown that most troubled schools emerge because of that totalitarian mindset, in which the children are "at fault" for not submitting to "proper authority". Of course, if there has ever been a teenager who fully submitted to authority, I've never heard of one; that stage in human development, in which the young person begins to seek their individual identity as part of the process of becoming an adult, seems hardwired into most of us.
Jason's premise is simple: if the principle is in his office during school hours, he is wrong. That's what the staff and personal assistant is for. The principle's job is to get to know every child he can, and to make sure the teachers are reaching those kids.
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.