tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post1522579112852234807..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Holy waterdoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-68027115801199274522010-04-24T20:01:59.875-04:002010-04-24T20:01:59.875-04:00Dear John,
Glad to see you expand your note here ...Dear John,<br /><br />Glad to see you expand your note here as a post at your site. <br /><br />Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land," as you no doubt know. What you might not know is this stanza:<br /><br /><i>As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there<br />And that sign said - no tress passin'<br />But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!<br />Now that side was made for you and me!<br /></i><br /><br />I cannot believe the bill. Glad to see you teaching the next generation.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-64962628951685174182010-04-22T23:31:29.172-04:002010-04-22T23:31:29.172-04:00Today we had students at the nearby high school do...Today we had students at the nearby high school do a walk-out to protest the new immigration bill. I kept thinking, "It's so arbitrary. It's just land. Why do we color it politically." <br /><br />A teacher claimed that most of them were walking out just to get outside, since it's such a nice day. <br /><br />Isn't that the act of rebellion in a modern society? It's the notion that those who once lived among the land can still call it home. It's the notion that political and social boundaries do not supercede the land, the mud, the source of the adobe abodes that once lined this desert. It's the notion that those who work the land are as important as those who benefit from the labor. <br /><br />It's the notion that a group of kids are motivated as much by the pull of geography as they are anything else. <br /><br />We believe in the lie of the forbidden fruit. Call it apple or an a-bomb, a slippery serpent or a slimy politician. We've been duped by the lie that the garden isn't beautiful and that we should ditch it to run after specialized knowledge and all so that we can determine the good and the evil. <br /><br />Sorry to go political on my response. I loved this post. I enjoyed the thoughts on the Genesis story as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com