(January 20, 2018 at 4:03 pm)Whateverist Wrote:(January 20, 2018 at 2:28 pm)Mathilda Wrote: I have to admit to being quite astounded when I heard about pep rallies that get held in American schools and saw a youtube clip of one. Looks like my idea of Hell. .. Personally I find it all rather creepy.
I lived through that hell here and you are exactly right. Same with the forced loyalty oath. Fortunately when I started teaching it was in the city where the Free Speech movement either began or had its heyday. Never had the responsibility of indoctrinating others, thank gawd.
Apparently neither one of you had an adolescent thing for cheerleaders with skirts flying. It could have been a rally for water polo for all I cared.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.