The next day was a Friday and she was running late as usual. She came to me said, We gotta go, I have to go to school. I told her that I had been thinking about what she had said the previous evening and told her that I was going to work from home that day in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint. She said, But Dad, I have a Bio test today, we have to go. I told her that saving the planet was more important than her Bio test. She was livid, and called some friends to see if she could get a ride. No luck. She stayed home that Friday.
I suggested she spend the weekend doing some research on global warming and energy use and see if what her teacher seemed right. She did and spent two days writing a paper for her history teacher that debunked human caused global warming. It was not an assignment but she gave it to the teacher anyway. It came back with a note at the top that said I'll have to think about this.
I seem to remember that she was able to take her Bio test on Monday, but the perspective and discernment she gained was more valuable than anything.
Great story.
When my daughter was in elementary school, they were teaching the dangers of being “touched the wrong way.” One night after her bath, I was drying her with a towel and she told me “I’m going to tell my teacher you touched my skin.”
She had no idea that being swaddled by a towel was not what the teacher meant. I had to explain the difference.
Great post. I plan to use your technique should any of my kids come home spouting politicized narratives.
I looked up the climate change data and reports when writing a master’s thesis and I found it to be utterly flawed. In short, human caused climate change is a statistical lie by those who want to use government to take away wealth from others.
JoMa