I think this is a great idea but I think an even better idea would be to mobilize secular adults with some qualifications to teach critical thinking and study skills to middle school kids so it had a chance to soak in and take effect before they start high school.
This is great news. I would just wonder if a program like this might attract butt-hurt believers who would attempt to challenge the principles being discussed in classes under the Secular Studies heading. I would also be interested in knowing if that was an issue at Pitzer College, and if so, how did they deal with it. Of course, the best way to counter would-be proselytizers is to confront them with the detailed truth about their belief systems, even though that information would clash with "their 'truth.'"
In any case, what this program needs is A LOT MORE LIKE IT!
Heh. I think college students planetwide have this down already. I mean can somebody test out of Let's Get a Beer 101 and and Don't Hog That Joint 210?
Ugh, the Republican governor of Mississippi, Reeves, won re-election. Rigged! Stolen election! Seize the voting machines! Bring back the Cyber Ninjas!!!!!!!!/s
O/T: Hey! Guess what? Despite the sign that says "No Solicitations" attached to the door of my house, two men from the Seventh Day Adventist cult unexpectedly came to my door to solicited SDA crappy books written by none other than the cult founder Ellen G. White responsible for inventing false visions of herself visiting God in Heaven. They advised me to download an app on my smartphone that would have allowed me to listen to all those Christian scummy ideological crud responsible for spawning young earth creationism so I can in their words "learn about Jesus" as if I didn't know Him.
Well, Here's what I did to them. Went to a nearby public dumpster and tossed them in the trash-- the proper way to handle religious books being solicited to me.
This is very useful and long overdue. No one has to major in things like this; they just have to take the class. I predict that that class will be oversubscribed.
I don’t know anyone in particular that attended or attends Whitewater, but I know all the branches through the state are just as highly regarded as the main campus.
This is important to study, not just because I’m part of the demographic being studied. Because all demographics ought to be understood in a profound way. Even if you don’t like the secular worldview, a deeper understanding will allow a more peaceful existence. And it works the other way around as well.
Linn-Mar school district in Eastern Iowa, the district that Mike Pence visited and name-dropped during the last GOP debate, just elected 4 decent people to our school board. The numbers weren't even close, the 4 theofascist candidates were trounced...in a field of 8 (vote for 4), the highest vote-getter of M4L-backed goons was surpassed by almost a thousand votes by the lowest vote-getter of the good guys.
I think this is a great idea but I think an even better idea would be to mobilize secular adults with some qualifications to teach critical thinking and study skills to middle school kids so it had a chance to soak in and take effect before they start high school.
WOKEISM!!!! SOSHULISM!!!
Good on 'em. Hopefully many other institutions will follow suit.
This is great news. I would just wonder if a program like this might attract butt-hurt believers who would attempt to challenge the principles being discussed in classes under the Secular Studies heading. I would also be interested in knowing if that was an issue at Pitzer College, and if so, how did they deal with it. Of course, the best way to counter would-be proselytizers is to confront them with the detailed truth about their belief systems, even though that information would clash with "their 'truth.'"
In any case, what this program needs is A LOT MORE LIKE IT!
I've seen enough: Democrats win control of the Virginia House of Delegates, flipping the GOP majority and giving them control of both chambers.
OT- Issue 1 successful in Ohio!
https://apnews.com/article/ohio-abortion-amendment-election-2023-fe3e06747b616507d8ca21ea26485270
Heh. I think college students planetwide have this down already. I mean can somebody test out of Let's Get a Beer 101 and and Don't Hog That Joint 210?
OT- As Chump gets a well-deserved court-slapping in New York, one of the exonerated Central Park Five- whose lives he helped to ruin when he was still just an over-privileged, under-scrupled shithead real estate mogul- wins a seat on the City Council: https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-council-election-yusef-salaam-0377cedcbd29f424753c9790551a85de
Ugh, the Republican governor of Mississippi, Reeves, won re-election. Rigged! Stolen election! Seize the voting machines! Bring back the Cyber Ninjas!!!!!!!!/s
I've seen enough: Democrats retain control of the Virginia Senate, blocking a trifecta for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R).
nobody is calling it yet, but it looks like abortion will be safe in the state of Ohio.
O/T: Hey! Guess what? Despite the sign that says "No Solicitations" attached to the door of my house, two men from the Seventh Day Adventist cult unexpectedly came to my door to solicited SDA crappy books written by none other than the cult founder Ellen G. White responsible for inventing false visions of herself visiting God in Heaven. They advised me to download an app on my smartphone that would have allowed me to listen to all those Christian scummy ideological crud responsible for spawning young earth creationism so I can in their words "learn about Jesus" as if I didn't know Him.
Well, Here's what I did to them. Went to a nearby public dumpster and tossed them in the trash-- the proper way to handle religious books being solicited to me.
OT
https://www.kxii.com/2023/11/06/sherman-high-school-transgender-student-loses-lead-theater-role-over-gender-policy/
Because if there is one place where it is absolutely essential to enforce conforming gender roles, it’s the theatre.
This is very useful and long overdue. No one has to major in things like this; they just have to take the class. I predict that that class will be oversubscribed.
Yay, UW
I don’t know anyone in particular that attended or attends Whitewater, but I know all the branches through the state are just as highly regarded as the main campus.
This is important to study, not just because I’m part of the demographic being studied. Because all demographics ought to be understood in a profound way. Even if you don’t like the secular worldview, a deeper understanding will allow a more peaceful existence. And it works the other way around as well.
Linn-Mar school district in Eastern Iowa, the district that Mike Pence visited and name-dropped during the last GOP debate, just elected 4 decent people to our school board. The numbers weren't even close, the 4 theofascist candidates were trounced...in a field of 8 (vote for 4), the highest vote-getter of M4L-backed goons was surpassed by almost a thousand votes by the lowest vote-getter of the good guys.
There is reason to hope.
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/moms-for-liberty-backed-candidates-fail-in-linn-mar-school-board-race-results#