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Ah, family
Mar. 5th, 2011 09:23 amI just made what will almost certainly be an ill-advised decision to wade into a FB debate about the political contretemps in my home state.
First my second-favorite evil little brother made a short remark about the Capitol Police tackling a state rep they erroneously thought was an intruder.
Then my aunt starts going off about lazy teachers and how the rep. was clearly just trying to cause trouble and it was all his fault for not having his ID out and ready before he even saw the security guards and etc. etc. etc....
One of SFELB's friends retorted about the unconstitutionality of the efforts to close off the Capitol, and the hard work the teachers do. Frankly, this friend is a lot more liberal than I would have expected my brother to associate with. ^_^ There may be hope for him yet.
This went back and forth a bit. What made me wade in was my aunt's assertion that all teachers are worthless and most parents do a better job; it would be better to have all children everywhere be homeschooled by a loving parent and a computer with internet access.
Um. Yeah. No.
My teachers did more than just babysit. They taught me math that I would never have understood on my own, and my parents certainly couldn't have taught me. They explained writing and literature and science and history in more depth than my parents, who are nice people with a decent education but no turn for teaching, ever could have done. Hell, with six kids, my folks couldn't have had the time to both support us and teach us, even if Mom had been a housewife for her entire life.
Mark's teachers sure as HELL are far more than mere babysitters. So are the special ed teachers who work with my youngest sister, who lives in WI and has autism.
And way to go, assuming every child has loving parents with the desire and skill to homeschool, *and* the time to spare, *and* the financial ability. Hell, my folks didn't get a computer til the mid nineties. Given this aunt's politics, I doubt she'd approve of the government loaning computers to families on welfare.
We'll see if it proves necessary to unfriend her. I hope not. I prefer to only do so in direst need.
First my second-favorite evil little brother made a short remark about the Capitol Police tackling a state rep they erroneously thought was an intruder.
Then my aunt starts going off about lazy teachers and how the rep. was clearly just trying to cause trouble and it was all his fault for not having his ID out and ready before he even saw the security guards and etc. etc. etc....
One of SFELB's friends retorted about the unconstitutionality of the efforts to close off the Capitol, and the hard work the teachers do. Frankly, this friend is a lot more liberal than I would have expected my brother to associate with. ^_^ There may be hope for him yet.
This went back and forth a bit. What made me wade in was my aunt's assertion that all teachers are worthless and most parents do a better job; it would be better to have all children everywhere be homeschooled by a loving parent and a computer with internet access.
Um. Yeah. No.
My teachers did more than just babysit. They taught me math that I would never have understood on my own, and my parents certainly couldn't have taught me. They explained writing and literature and science and history in more depth than my parents, who are nice people with a decent education but no turn for teaching, ever could have done. Hell, with six kids, my folks couldn't have had the time to both support us and teach us, even if Mom had been a housewife for her entire life.
Mark's teachers sure as HELL are far more than mere babysitters. So are the special ed teachers who work with my youngest sister, who lives in WI and has autism.
And way to go, assuming every child has loving parents with the desire and skill to homeschool, *and* the time to spare, *and* the financial ability. Hell, my folks didn't get a computer til the mid nineties. Given this aunt's politics, I doubt she'd approve of the government loaning computers to families on welfare.
We'll see if it proves necessary to unfriend her. I hope not. I prefer to only do so in direst need.
