Nathan_Jr

I reread that meme several times. Sorry, Rocky, I‘m still not seeing the point about emotional or social intelligence. I don’t think I missed anything. Here it is again: To build strong children reinforce their sense of belonging to a family by articulating exactly what is distinctive about your family. They should be able to say with pride “Our family does X.” The more I read this, the angrier I get. This is the kind of wicked ideological bullshonta cults propagate. I can hear the fellowship commander uttering a very close variant of this right now. We can agree to disagree.

Is that the point of the meme? I missed that part.

Not at all. My issue is with the presumption that strong children are those who champion and cling to the distinctiveness of their families. For my son to pridefully say, "My family lo shontas the crowing cocks all day long, and, additionally, we possess the truth like it hasn't been know since..." does not make him strong. I disagree with the postulate. I'm not arguing. Is self worth dependent on belonging to any group? It seems we have a desire to belong. Can we teach our children to be strong enough, self aware enough, with enough self worth to go it alone when the group or ideology fails them or when the family dies? What do the Stoics say about desire? What do they say about the desire to belong? The Taoists say to extinguish desire. I think a lot of kids were caught up in a desire to belong to something in the 1970s that they perceived as distinctive... enter GSC.

Through my conditioned eyes I can see distinctive differences among these children: race, gender, ethnicity, physical disability, genetic chromosomal disorder... When these children are asked about the differences between each other... well, you'll have to watch for yourself. The video is a whopping 49 seconds long! As they grow older, they are bound to be conditioned and indoctrinated with beleeef. They will never see as clearly as they do now.

I can't agree with this. It sounds like a strategy for cultivating division and alienation. As children make their way through the world, they will see for themselves what is distinctive about their own family and what is distinctive about others. My son has two families: His mother's, a family built on the sand of wierwillian indoctrination, blindness and insularity; and his dad's, who is always having to remind him not to beleeeve anyone and find out for himself. I hope he doesn't think tribalism is something to be proud of. Mankind is so divided. Beleeef is to blame. I hope he can learn to quiet his mind and simply look, observe. I will be distinctively proud of him if only he can do that.

All 72 pages... just... ...Mmmph!

Well done, Word Wolf. Thanks.

John Lynn wrote, astonishingly: As a fellow PFAL grad, I identify with you, and have an affinity for you and a desire to encourage you to take advantage of the truth you once heard, if you are not already doing so. Along with me, you will one day stand before our precious Lord Jesus Christ, who will reward you according to how you have lived your life as a Christian. In essence, he will ask each of us something like this: “What did you do with what you knew?” After the shock abates and the laughter subsides, pity sets sets in, and, finally, compassion... mmmph Mmmmph!

Merge this with the false accusation thread. mmmph

I'll forgive you for not remembering. Of all cognitive tiers memory is the lowest and most overrated. Apparently, a music coordinator told Johniam about T7TMOG. Hey! I didn't write the book! The music coordinator said it, Johniam beleeeves it, that settles it. Here's the thread: Kuala Lumpur carne asada!

Another false accusation. He was nothing of the sort. Not even close. Marcona alameda

The ears of Americans have become so brittle. No worries. Big Brother has a fix for that. I'm reminded of works by Burgess, Huxley and Orwell.

Recently, victor paul wierwille was falsely accused of being "the 7th THE Man of God." Two other false accusations that persist are: "vpw was THE Man of God." "vpw was A Man of God."

SEL. It’s what’s available…

Gross. It is probably a way for them to know how (H-O-W) to identify kids who need to renew their minds. And more guilt. And shame. Children are completely incomplete until they are “taught.” This is a class on how. H O W

How will you learn unless you are taught? Who will be your teacher? CASEL will be, that’s who. Be grateful. Stop your murmuring. Don’t do it… doooon’t do it! Absorb. Retain. Release.

No one has ever put it all together like that - not since the 1st century. Just beleeeve it!

A familiar playbook. Abracadabra… accuracy! Hey! I didn’t write the book…

Mmmph

To my point with the broad survey of literature. This is what it means to have a liberal education in the classic sense of that term.

https://louisianasaveourschools.com/social-emotional-learning This is an organization in Louisiana fighting SEL. The link to the July 2019 article authored by CASEL researchers is a scary self indictment. It appears SEL is a Trojan horse for CRT and other "theories." Lot of fights over all this in the Louisiana legislature recently. Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead were required reading (as were the works of Kate Chopin, Maya Angelou, Zora Neale Hurston...) when I was in high school. I don't know if Ayn Rand will fit intro CASEL's agenda or values of collectivism.

A vast and cavernous network of rabbit holes. Haven't seen anyone reference Theosophy in many years. Rudolph Steiner was a a Theosophist... or broke away from them... (must renew my mind). He developed an agricultural practice called biodynamics... I used to have a connection to some of its practitioners. Weird stuff, but their results were undeniable, if debatable as to causation, correlation or coincidence.

Well, this.

3. 3!! WITAF? I'm reading Louisiana's site now. This will take a while. Lots and lots and lots of words saying very, very little -- like a sermon, class or book from victor paul wierwille. It seems CRT is explicitly baked in. I'll repeat: teaching a child he is born racist is as wickedly stupid and as spiritually irresponsible as teaching a child he is born a sinner or born in sin or whatever it is religious charlatans teach.