To: Question_Assumptions
I think that this teacher, by serving as a missionary and mentioning that he could have be killed if discovered, isn't the enemy of you or your son. I think this might be a good opportunity to teach your son about being politely critical to people who are generally on your side and being more strongly critical of those on the other side. There are any number of reasons why this teacher might have taken a soft approach toward Islam and class time is limited. And, frankly, I'd argue that public schools should be teaching children to hate Islam, anyway. I agree with you. I never said that my son should consider the teacher an enemy, or that the teacher did anything wrong. In fact, the teacher even mentioned that he could have been killed for what he was doing and that he had to keep it a secret while in the Islamic country. And I don't want the school to teach the kids to "hate" Islam, just the full story on what happens inside Islamic countries.
228 posted on
12/07/2005 12:28:42 PM PST by
Spiff
("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
To: Spiff
Keep up the good works (and the updates). May God bless you and your family.
229 posted on
12/07/2005 12:38:33 PM PST by
pgyanke
(The history of man is the story of God reaching out for His people and continually being refused.)
To: Spiff
Fair enough, but I think I agree that the letter should be a little more tactful. I can understand why your son is disappointed, but too much of that slips through into the letter as you described it.
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