From: mjm <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:40:34 -0500 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] off-topic crap (was "Defence, On Jun 14, 2006, at 7:11 PM, Steve Millward wrote: > Hey ! Could we please cut out all this off-topic crap and get back to > puppetry? Thanks. > Steve Millward I am fairly certain that Albert Einstein was quoted as saying: "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity." And, silly me, I thought this was all ON TOPIC CRAP! I guess consciousness varies per individual & world-view. Not to mention perception... By the puppetry way, tonight my local PBS television station ran a GREAT PERFORMANCES show featuring an overview of the work of Bill Irwin. It included his entire MARIONETTE routine, which I find brilliant. I have been fortunate in seeing him back in the day (as the kids say) when he was a clown with the Pickle Family Circus. I imagine most TV viewers would have had little opportunity to see his work without Public Television, aka to some as "off-topic crap. m j m "One man's crap is another man's content" - Shakespeare, Einstein or Kermit the Frog (I forget) > On 6/14/06, Kismet <kismet-AT-bigpond.net.au> wrote: >> Education IS a family responsibility but then how do we teach our >> children >> BEYOND what we know? If our own education was limited (you assume >> that most >> people completed at least 10 years of schooling) how do we provide our >> children the opportunity to develop beyond what we have? Your model >> is a >> very comfortable Bourgoisie proposal for ensuring the serfs remain >> serfs and >> the land owners remain unthreatened. No? And how about Social >> Education? >> School is about a lot more than teaching sums and spelling. Through >> Home >> Education my children would only know my social peers, our eratic >> lifestyle, >> hold only my values and develop a stunted ability to interact >> socially...I >> have seen this over and over with home education. And in this sad >> world >> there are those who take advantage of home schooling, an example >> coming to >> light recently where a father decided to home school his two young >> sons...I >> neednt go any further. >> The U.S is another great example of home schooling...I am constantly >> flabbergasted at the ignorance that nation shows of the larger world, >> outstanding! They cant even play baseball with the rest of the world, >> preferring to have their own "world" championship with only America >> playing. >> (FYI Japan beat Cuba and the US didnt make the preliminary finals) >> And how >> often do I get offers of black market medication from the US that is >> TEN >> TIMES what we pay over the counter for the same drugs (Low income >> earners >> pay a MAXIMUM of $2.25 US for ANY medication) >> Of course the quality of a school based education is greatly affected >> by the >> competence of the teachers but if the government insists on paying >> peanuts >> we are going to get monkeys! As the tee-shirt says "when the military >> has to >> have a cake stall to buy a new fighter plane then perhaps we will >> have an >> education system to be proud of". >> >> Daniel >> _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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