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To: lawdude, lawman
FYI. :)
100 posted on 01/09/2002 9:35:15 PM PST by summer
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To: summer
But, I would like to tell you most teachers I know are not that way. Seriously.

Thanks, Summer. I'm very glad to hear that, but I suspect some of it seeps in just by osmosis.

I'd appreciate it if you'd just take note of how often some of these New-Agey scripts work their way into some conversations. My point is that in a place (school, office, church***) where we spend time on a regular basis, little things creep in a little at a time and we don't even notice them. Next time you hear a bland but New-Agey comment, imagine how it would have sounded to you 5 or 10 years ago. The person making such a comment will probably NOT be a whacko fanatic, but somebody put that thought into circulation and reinforced it...

***Church. I admit I don't go there very often, and I was stunned recently at a Catholic wedding to hear the priest's speech generously seasoned with such references (not to Gaia I have to say). My guess is that I wouldn't have noticed it if I'd been going there every week for the last several years.

102 posted on 01/09/2002 10:31:20 PM PST by Sal
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