tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593504887733294557.post10412108476010753..comments2023-05-27T18:14:02.324-07:00Comments on The Bear of Little Brain: My Ideal Typenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105024597059970491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593504887733294557.post-1718273368438014562012-04-15T07:11:32.333-07:002012-04-15T07:11:32.333-07:00The rest of my students were mostly okay with it, ...The rest of my students were mostly okay with it, which is even more disturbing to me. The context of the assignment was that it was a heckling speech - the rest of the class was allowed to interrupt him and challenge what he was saying, and he had to maintain control, answer their questions, etc. Well. Once he pulled out a couple of Bible verses (I'm sure you're familiar with them), the challenging of his assertions sort of stopped. After the speech, though, a couple of other students looked at me and noted that I clearly wanted to say something. So I told them that, at the very least, they were taking too narrow a view of what those verses looked like played out in real life, and how Matt and I submit to each other out of love, and it's not evil to have a working mom and a stay at home dad, for example. And how men sort of naturally respect their wives, because men feel loved by being respected, and women generally naturally love their husbands, because they feel loved by being cherished....so perhaps the Bible is just reminding people to do the things they're less good at to make marriages work.<br /><br />...I don't think I really meant to reproduce my rant here.<br /><br />anyway, they LISTENED. And they were super quiet afterwards. And apparently thought about what I said, because the math teacher came to me later and asked why half his fourth hour pre-calc class was so questiony on what he thought of stay at home dads that day.<br /><br />I consider this a victory.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141831217833521837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593504887733294557.post-13974727840210716562012-04-14T16:35:50.232-07:002012-04-14T16:35:50.232-07:00Shocking, isn't it??
I think there are about ...Shocking, isn't it??<br /><br />I think there are about ninety more ways this post could have been written and most of them would be better. I think you should write one. I think every reader should, really. Like the writer of Eats, Shoots & Leaves? I'd love to read the scathingness in which that would result.<br /><br />what did the rest of your students do?? Did you at least raise an eyebrow? I think I am a bad teacher, because I probably would have tried to make him uncomfortable speaking like that in front of me. grrr.nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105024597059970491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593504887733294557.post-25429961328855552062012-04-14T09:08:19.338-07:002012-04-14T09:08:19.338-07:00okay, seriously? how were we not friends until a ...okay, seriously? how were we not friends until a year ago? This post could have been written by me...except that you're a better writer than I am.<br /><br />On a mostly unrelated note, I had to listen to a speech by a student recently about the subjugation of women. And the thing about being the teacher in that situation is that not only do you have to actually listen, you have to listen and try to look like you aren't wishing your ears were vestigial organs.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141831217833521837noreply@blogger.com