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To: one_less who wrote (77270)	4/9/2000 10:09:00 AM
From: Michael M	Respond to of 108807

Hi brees -- following not directed at you. Your comment welcome, of course. I am beginning the new week by letting Ike out of my personal doghouse (and off my "Go Fish" list). I am replacing him with Noel Mamere. While Noel raises an interesting issue or two, his remark about U.S nuke testing is soooooooo "gay" (I forget who's definition of "gay" applies). nytimes.com COLD here on Hilton Head this morning. And windy. M

To: one_less who wrote (77270)	4/9/2000 10:09:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Yes, "Miss Murphy" is fair, obviously interested in the welfare of her students, sincere in her belief in the value of education, tries her best to clarify material and drill properly for retention, and in all other respects makes the students feel that they are involved in something important, that her opinion is worthwhile, and that her esteem is worth courting........

To: one_less who wrote (77270)	4/9/2000 11:30:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

By the way, one of the issues I have hinted at, but not elaborated, is the way that school can be subversive of parental authority. Suppose that there is a strong conflict between what one has learned at home, and what is promulgated at school. Then the student is merely confused, or the school loses respect, because it is teaching nonsense, or the parents come to seem like uneducated rubes who need not be listened to. Although conflict is not always avoidable, it is advisable that one try to moderate the tension. Liberal democracy, in order to succeed, depends on a truce about how we raise our children. Parental authority ought not be lightly challenged. That is one of the problems with the way the evolution issue is framed: there is no sensitivity shown for the fundamentalist parents who have to explain the contradiction of teachings to their children. Anyway, "education" which is ineffectual and furthers the disrespect for either schools or parents generally does more harm than good.........