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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 4493475.dfAi7KttbR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/2/11
> 12:19 AM:
>
>>>> AFAIK, he was an anarcho-primitivist who no longer was in academia (for
>>>> years). He was painting stuff (physical labour) for meager profit in his
>>>> later years. Calling him a teacher is simply inaccurate.
>>>
>>> From what I recall - without doing any searches - you are correct, or at
>>> least mostly so. But let us say he was a teacher. So what? His actions do
>>> not mean that all teachers are doing wrong or are like him. Homer was
>>> pushing a logical fallacy.
>>>
>> Serial killers are often smart people, but people get the correlation all
>> reversed. Every killer is a potential serial killer, but only the smarter
>> ones manage not to get caught and proceed to similar acts. So those who say
>> it takes brains to be driven to insanity (mass-murder) don't take into
>> account the correct causality. The police is very adamant on catching killers
>> *because* of the possibility of recurrence (nothing to lose after the first
>> crime).
>>
>>> Then again, his whole argument is pretty faulty: it is not like there are
>>> any
>>> but the most rare people who fit his caricature. For the most part, the
>>> people "against" the religious folks are not against anything other than
>>> myths being taught to their children as science. Gee, how horrible! Those
>>> who are pushing such teachings are clearly and unambiguously in the wrong,
>>> and to work against their agenda of teaching myth in the science room is
>>> *not* a sign of pushing any views on anyone else.
>>>
>>> If you do not want your kids to learn science, don't remove science from the
>>> classroom, remove your kid from the classroom. It is not like evolution is
>>> like sex ed where there might be objections to teaching details at
>>> inappropriate ages.
>>>
>> Sex education is embarrassing to young people because we teach them to be
>> embarrassed by it. It's not a natural deterrence.
>
> My kids, who just turned 4 and 6, have asked questions about where babies
> come from - and my wife and I have been very open to answering those
> questions directly and honesty (no stork stories in our house). Still, we
> answer them at an age appropriate level - no need to talk about, say, birth
> control methods or details of arousal until she asks.
Some parents still use stork stories?
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~~ Best of wishes
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