Crop Circles
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Found out the other day that my son's teacher's assistant (let's call her Anne) has gone on hols for four weeks to the UK, so he has a substitute teacher for four weeks. Fair enough. The email informing us then went on to say that, if we wished to subscribe to Anne's email newsletter about crop circles, to contact her. The Wife(tm) tells me that she (Anne) is a crop circle 'fan' and believes in their healing powers, amongst other things. I was both astonished and horrified. Surely Crop circles are completely proven to be man-made? People making them have filmed themselves, and shown how it was done? How can a sane person believe in their mystical powers?? And she's teaching my Boy! The Wife(tm) did point out that it's only like being taught by someone who's Catholic (for example) - fine as long as they don't preach to the kids. But I'm still kinda concerned that someone who (IMHO) is close to being certifiable is allowed to be in charge of children! your thoughts?
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I find it inappropriate to use an official e-mail to advertise a private hobby, but only mildly so.
_Maxxx_ wrote:
Surely Crop circles are completely proven to be man-made?
It was once "proven" that in a car going faster than 30km/h people would suffocate. And no, I don't believe in crop circle healing powers, except maybe for city cave dwellers that wouldn't get a dose of fresh air otherwise.
_Maxxx_ wrote:
And she's teaching my Boy!
Who will probably grow up to become a fundamentalist lunatic because of hearing about crop circles as a child. After all, teachers are very important. A teacher who is into tupperware parties would make him a fierce economist, a teacher playing WOW on weekend would make him the top game programmer of his generation.
WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?
People believe in reincarnating souls and lead a fine life. Kids hear about heaven and hell and grow up to become fine adults, religous or not. Good friends of mine believe in homeopathy, and they didn't die yet. If your kid at some age realizes that it once believed in crop circle magic, and that was total crap, it might learn an important life lesson: we can all be wrong. If your kid starts to enjoy being outdoors, or to ponder the big questions - are there aliens? How could they communicate with them? - the better. Life isn't what you think it is. Nor are my convictions any better. Heck, if you put all the crap I once believed on a pile and light it up, you could probably power a manned mars mission.
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Given where you live, I can make assumptions about which particular school your kids might attend... and if that's the case, I can't believe you would be surprised that they hold such beliefs!! (Of course, if it's not *that* school, I take that all back.) That being said, how is it different to being taught by people who believe in AGW? People who believe that Sea Shepherd are a good organisation? etc
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_Damian S_ wrote:
That being said, how is it different to being taught by people who believe in AGW? People who believe that Sea Shepherd are a good organisation? etc
I think it is fundamentally different in that there is reasoned argument regarding whether AGW is a fact. Belief in something being good or bad doesn't fall into the same category at all. And just because 'that' school is populated by weed-smokin' kaftan wearin' hemp weavin' hippies, doesn't mean they're all thick - oh!,. hang on!
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_Damian S_ wrote:
That being said, how is it different to being taught by people who believe in AGW? People who believe that Sea Shepherd are a good organisation? etc
I think it is fundamentally different in that there is reasoned argument regarding whether AGW is a fact. Belief in something being good or bad doesn't fall into the same category at all. And just because 'that' school is populated by weed-smokin' kaftan wearin' hemp weavin' hippies, doesn't mean they're all thick - oh!,. hang on!
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
And just because 'that' school is populated by weed-smokin' kaftan wearin' hemp weavin' hippies, doesn't mean they're all thick - oh!,. hang on!
:laugh: :laugh: I didn't say thick, I said had strange beliefs!! ;-)
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I know what you mean, but, I read a book recently called 'why smart people believe dumb things'. Odds are that apart from this stupidity, she is perfectly sane and capable of teaching your child. My wife, for example, believes in ghosts.
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_Damian S_ wrote:
That being said, how is it different to being taught by people who believe in AGW? People who believe that Sea Shepherd are a good organisation? etc
I think it is fundamentally different in that there is reasoned argument regarding whether AGW is a fact. Belief in something being good or bad doesn't fall into the same category at all. And just because 'that' school is populated by weed-smokin' kaftan wearin' hemp weavin' hippies, doesn't mean they're all thick - oh!,. hang on!
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
there is reasoned argument regarding whether AGW is a fact
Not anywhere that I've seen !!!
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Christian Graus wrote:
My wife, for example, believes in ghosts.
I trust you make spooky noises at every opportunity :)
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
I trust you make spooky noises at every opportunity
Especially if that includes flashing your Wangaratta and going woo woooo!!
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Christian Graus wrote:
My wife, for example, believes in ghosts.
I trust you make spooky noises at every opportunity :)
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I avoid the topic, and walk off if she has shows about it on TV. It's not worth fighting over, I won't change her mind, or endear myself to her by revealing my general opinion of people who believe such things.
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
And she's teaching my Boy!
Yo Max, wake up, smell the coffee, insanity is a prerequisite for teaching, who else but the clinically insane would accept the responsibility of trying to teach the little buggers without the power to belt them every now and then. I have all the sympathy in the world for teachers, leave them a little self delusion, crop circles are relatively harmless after all.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
you are talking to someone who is about to go back into the classroom (as a teacher) in about three weeks... Yep - you're right. Clinically insane. Perhaps I'll start agreeing with DD about the moon landing by the time the Xmas hols come around :)
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I avoid the topic, and walk off if she has shows about it on TV. It's not worth fighting over, I won't change her mind, or endear myself to her by revealing my general opinion of people who believe such things.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
or endear myself to her
She finds you endearing now? :sigh:
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I find it inappropriate to use an official e-mail to advertise a private hobby, but only mildly so.
_Maxxx_ wrote:
Surely Crop circles are completely proven to be man-made?
It was once "proven" that in a car going faster than 30km/h people would suffocate. And no, I don't believe in crop circle healing powers, except maybe for city cave dwellers that wouldn't get a dose of fresh air otherwise.
_Maxxx_ wrote:
And she's teaching my Boy!
Who will probably grow up to become a fundamentalist lunatic because of hearing about crop circles as a child. After all, teachers are very important. A teacher who is into tupperware parties would make him a fierce economist, a teacher playing WOW on weekend would make him the top game programmer of his generation.
WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?
People believe in reincarnating souls and lead a fine life. Kids hear about heaven and hell and grow up to become fine adults, religous or not. Good friends of mine believe in homeopathy, and they didn't die yet. If your kid at some age realizes that it once believed in crop circle magic, and that was total crap, it might learn an important life lesson: we can all be wrong. If your kid starts to enjoy being outdoors, or to ponder the big questions - are there aliens? How could they communicate with them? - the better. Life isn't what you think it is. Nor are my convictions any better. Heck, if you put all the crap I once believed on a pile and light it up, you could probably power a manned mars mission.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
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WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?
Jeez - no need to shout! I'm not seriously bothered about my boy believing in crop circles or not - he told us a while ago that he doesn't believe in God - he thinks Santa probably made everything (I just typo'd that as Satan!!!!!) You misunderstood that my concern was that she'd teach the boy that crop circles are drawn by aliens (or whatever) - that's not the thing that bothered me - I was genuinely surprised that there were apparently sane humans that still believed in crop circles when they are so obviously and demonstrably pranks.
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
And just because 'that' school is populated by weed-smokin' kaftan wearin' hemp weavin' hippies, doesn't mean they're all thick - oh!,. hang on!
:laugh: :laugh: I didn't say thick, I said had strange beliefs!! ;-)
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_Damian S_ wrote:
I didn't say thick
No - but I feel that to believe in crop circles you MUST be thick.
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So it IS that school? ;-)
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Given where you live, I can make assumptions about which particular school your kids might attend... and if that's the case, I can't believe you would be surprised that they hold such beliefs!! (Of course, if it's not *that* school, I take that all back.) That being said, how is it different to being taught by people who believe in AGW? People who believe that Sea Shepherd are a good organisation? etc
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_Damian S_ wrote:
Given where you live, I can make assumptions about which particular school your kids might attend... and if that's the case, I can't believe you would be surprised that they hold such beliefs!! (Of course, if it's not *that* school, I take that all back.) That being said, how is it different to being taught by people who believe in AGW? People who believe that Sea Shepherd are a good organisation? etc
I think the point is more that the teacher's aid shouldn't use her position to spam her beliefs to the school community.
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Found out the other day that my son's teacher's assistant (let's call her Anne) has gone on hols for four weeks to the UK, so he has a substitute teacher for four weeks. Fair enough. The email informing us then went on to say that, if we wished to subscribe to Anne's email newsletter about crop circles, to contact her. The Wife(tm) tells me that she (Anne) is a crop circle 'fan' and believes in their healing powers, amongst other things. I was both astonished and horrified. Surely Crop circles are completely proven to be man-made? People making them have filmed themselves, and shown how it was done? How can a sane person believe in their mystical powers?? And she's teaching my Boy! The Wife(tm) did point out that it's only like being taught by someone who's Catholic (for example) - fine as long as they don't preach to the kids. But I'm still kinda concerned that someone who (IMHO) is close to being certifiable is allowed to be in charge of children! your thoughts?
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
The Wife(tm) tells me that she (Anne) is a crop circle 'fan' and believes in their healing powers, amongst other things.
And what's the problem? Scientists believe in the Higgs existence. Some folks even think C# is a programming language. :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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_Damian S_ wrote:
Given where you live, I can make assumptions about which particular school your kids might attend... and if that's the case, I can't believe you would be surprised that they hold such beliefs!! (Of course, if it's not *that* school, I take that all back.) That being said, how is it different to being taught by people who believe in AGW? People who believe that Sea Shepherd are a good organisation? etc
I think the point is more that the teacher's aid shouldn't use her position to spam her beliefs to the school community.
Josh Gray wrote:
I think the point is more that the teacher's aid shouldn't use her position to spam her beliefs to the school community.
Really? I didn't get that from reading it at all, although after going back and reading it again I can see how you might read it that way... I thought it was about "how could someone who is educated possibly believe in such a thing"...
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So it IS that school? ;-)
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Yes - that's where The Boy goes. So you can see that I'm not averse to exposing him to, erm, alternate beliefs (although if you understand the philosophy of the school you'll know that, unlike religious schools, they do NOT teach the kids anything about their beliefs. They do teach them weaving, knitting, sewing, how to make a cup of tea and eurhythmy (don't ask!) as well as the three Rs - and it allows them to stay being kids for longer than in the alternate schools. And (bless his cotton socks) he still comes home and wants to dress entirely in black, and go down the skate park, and not dress in tie-dye and go picking dandelions (not that there's anything wrong with that ...)
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Josh Gray wrote:
I think the point is more that the teacher's aid shouldn't use her position to spam her beliefs to the school community.
Really? I didn't get that from reading it at all, although after going back and reading it again I can see how you might read it that way... I thought it was about "how could someone who is educated possibly believe in such a thing"...
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_Damian S_ wrote:
thought it was about "how could someone who is educated possibly believe in such a thing"...
Absolutely. Sorry - it is a contextual thing. I should really have posted "How come people still believe in crop circles?"
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Yes - that's where The Boy goes. So you can see that I'm not averse to exposing him to, erm, alternate beliefs (although if you understand the philosophy of the school you'll know that, unlike religious schools, they do NOT teach the kids anything about their beliefs. They do teach them weaving, knitting, sewing, how to make a cup of tea and eurhythmy (don't ask!) as well as the three Rs - and it allows them to stay being kids for longer than in the alternate schools. And (bless his cotton socks) he still comes home and wants to dress entirely in black, and go down the skate park, and not dress in tie-dye and go picking dandelions (not that there's anything wrong with that ...)
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I know a bit about the school - I have a friend whose kids go there... When I lived around the corner I found out enough about the school to know that it wasn't what I wanted for my kids, but hey, each to their own!!
_Maxxx_ wrote:
wants to dress entirely in black, and go down the skate park
I wish my grass was emo, because then it would cut itself!!
_Maxxx_ wrote:
not dress in tie-dye and go picking dandelions (not that there's anything wrong with that ...)
New keyboard please!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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you are talking to someone who is about to go back into the classroom (as a teacher) in about three weeks... Yep - you're right. Clinically insane. Perhaps I'll start agreeing with DD about the moon landing by the time the Xmas hols come around :)
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
as a teacher
Why and for how long. What age and subject are you teaching, just trying to gauge when we should send around the guys with the white coats to lock you up. Do remember that because of PC you are not allowed to kick the little sod in the rear when they annoy you. I grew up in an era of corporal punishment, we were much more polite then.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Found out the other day that my son's teacher's assistant (let's call her Anne) has gone on hols for four weeks to the UK, so he has a substitute teacher for four weeks. Fair enough. The email informing us then went on to say that, if we wished to subscribe to Anne's email newsletter about crop circles, to contact her. The Wife(tm) tells me that she (Anne) is a crop circle 'fan' and believes in their healing powers, amongst other things. I was both astonished and horrified. Surely Crop circles are completely proven to be man-made? People making them have filmed themselves, and shown how it was done? How can a sane person believe in their mystical powers?? And she's teaching my Boy! The Wife(tm) did point out that it's only like being taught by someone who's Catholic (for example) - fine as long as they don't preach to the kids. But I'm still kinda concerned that someone who (IMHO) is close to being certifiable is allowed to be in charge of children! your thoughts?
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