CWB; Our saviour

[may-be]

A friend of mine told me his son a few years younger than mine was telling his friends about a hunting trip he and his dad went on. A teacher told him to never talk about it in scool again, olso explianed to him hunting was wrong. My avid hunting friend said he had a few words for that person. He told that avid golfer that he and a lot of other people thinks that golf courses are a waste of land because we can grow food on it. And if enough people thought so should we get rid of them?
Going to ask my son to ask the teacher for some proof of this.

[Hopperbin]

Wade the CWB issue is current events and should be talked about. Maybe I feel sad for the students at your son's school.
I have a 4 year old in pre K in China at the moment and will likely take K there also. Some people wonder how I can accept to have a child so far away from me. The answer is these Chinese schools make our schools look a bit pathetic. It is a special school by the way and not everyone can afford it. She lives with grandparents so still with family.

[wade]

Hopperbin- I also think it should be talked about and DEBATED, not taught that a specific idea (or religion) is right or wrong. The teacher should have to show the proof instead of teaching an opinion!

[classicalliberal]

They often do that. My teachers in history class taught me how Pierre Trudeau was the best prime minister in Canada and that Louis Riel is a hero. Maybe from an eastern point of view he was the best prime minister since he made the west sell energy to them at below market prices (let the bastards in the east freeze), told Canadian farmers to "F" themselves and told everyone he said fuddle duddle, forced non-french speaking parts of the country to speak french while Quebec has language police and rules, changed us to the metric system (which is a better system but creates complications when your biggest trading partner decides not to), engrained union rights (which is a monopoly on labour) into the charter of rights and freedoms, started us into a huge deficit, etc, etc....

Teachers will often present things from the populist idealistic point of view and students take that as a given without questioning the other side. I think it is hard for people to present things for all opinions and sides however.

As for the hunting and golf course thing, what a bunch of hypocrites.

[checking]

May-be, I'd suggest that your son provide his teacher with this site address to state what he really said. I'm up for a little education, but I'm not up for bashing a fellow taxpayer, unionized or not, over what you as a non party to the event gleaned from your son. Remember, we have all been educated by teachers, and their isn't one of us that would admit that we haven't turned out just fine with our opinions.

[checking]

Sorry, she not he.

[may-be]

Checking; If you think I was bashing and my son put words in her mouth,that is your opinion. Glad I brought up the topic to see what other people thought. Some interesting and good replies.

[Fransisco]

"Remember, we have all been educated by teachers, and their isn't one of us that would admit that we haven't turned out just fine with our opinions."

I would argue that this is despite what the public system tried to ram down our gullets not because of it.

[checking]

I believe that individuals are important, so Fransisco tell us more about how your formal school days harmed you. (lol)

[checking]

On the contrary, maybe, I did not claim you were bashing your son's teacher. I said that I would not go that route based on the limited information provided. You have a remarkable son to have him tell you anything classroom related happened at school. What's the more typical response you receive when you ask him what he learned at school today?