Education for the students
Flea has a really good post up about a teacher she had that took it upon herself to use her writing class to squash creativity whenever it reared its ugly head. She posted in response to this sad story about a kid who is charged with a second degree felony terrorist threatening charge for writing a story about zombies attacking a high school. The worst part is the people who turned him over for writing a zombie story were his grandparents.
I can almost guarantee you I know what's going on here. I would bet $20 those grandparents belong to one of those fundie churches that think horror movies and Ouja boards are all missives from the Satanic cults that all live around us in secrecy. Lest you think I am making this up, let me assure you that the people who believe this stuff are numerous. When I was in high school, a friend of mine whose dad was a preacher at a sane church and I were invited to another church's youth group "party". We went for cookies and punch and instead got a long lecture on the dangers of Satanism and how to know that Satanists are trying to recruit you. We were told to avoid any books or movies with supernatural elements, period. And of course the wicked Ouija board. And, weirdly enough, we were told to look at for Satanic symbols like pentagrams, the Star of David, and peace signs. Yep, the Star of David and peace signs. Though, if I remember right, they didn't call the Star of David by its rightful name. We booked it out of there.
Anyway, teachers and parents who think school is for squashing potential may not be doing their job as educators and parents, but they may be doing those in power a favor. There's more than enough reason to think that universal education is under assault, after all.
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". . . let me assure you that the people who believe this stuff are numerous."
My first (not last unfortunately) encounter with such was when I was at a summer camp in 1978 or 79. One of the kids said his mom was at an exorcism and when they cast out the demon, it looked just like Darth Vader at the end of Star Wars when his ship was blown out of control. Yep, science fiction movies = Satan. Thanks for clearing that up.
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I have to ask, is there a fund set up for this kid, some way we can get in touch and help him out?
Oh, Amanda, your 20$ bet isn't fair - the odds are too good that you're right. Though I'll bet 50 bucks that what they were actually looking for is evidence of drug use.
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These are the same people who try to get Harry Potter books banned from schools while indulging in the theocratic pornography provided in the Left Behind series.
The ironic thing is that the Left Behind series is incredibly violent and might qualify the authors for prosecution if they were in high school when they wrote it.
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