tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3315248423253598135..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Reading About Slavery Supposedly Traumatizes StudentDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-30568052034437731302010-11-12T20:16:42.629-08:002010-11-12T20:16:42.629-08:00I would remind the father that those that don'...I would remind the father that those that don't know history are doomed to repeat it. Just how ignorant does this father want his daughter to become. Just yesterday an African American collegue was in the office having a lively debate with her 17 year old daughter over having to take so many courses to graduate. The mother was reminding the daughter that her family was just two generations away from not being legally able to be educated. The daughter said "That's you story, it doesn't matter to me." I think that speaks volumes.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-15093090088473564732010-11-12T11:18:52.460-08:002010-11-12T11:18:52.460-08:00Small note about the last sentence you clipped. &q...Small note about the last sentence you clipped. "...affected her mental and emotional well-being, past, present and future." Just how did something that happened in the present, affect her in the past?<br /><br />Stubbing my toe today doesn't make my toe hurt yesterday.Steve USMA '85https://www.blogger.com/profile/01098957060650513905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-51878389401922819682010-11-12T09:01:43.717-08:002010-11-12T09:01:43.717-08:00Perhaps he should also sue the school for forcing ...Perhaps he should also sue the school for forcing his child to learn. If the child does not want to learn, that can be quite a traumatic experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-58116899571977516842010-11-11T08:10:32.928-08:002010-11-11T08:10:32.928-08:00Since this has affected the "poor child"...Since this has affected the "poor child" so badly, I wonder if she's also affected by the violence and blatant sexuality portrayed in movies and hip hop/rap style music?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202716125247172211noreply@blogger.com