[Phys-L] Re: Anti-Americanism creeps in to science teaching debate

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, James Mackey wrote:

> Jack Uretsky wrote:
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> >        James Mackey's post reminds me of the story of the first school
> > teacher:
> >        When Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden they studiously
> > set about obeying the divine injunction to procreate their kind.  Soon
> > they were surrounded by a horde of screaming, demanding children.  At
> > their wits end, the first couple knelt down and prayed for help.  Sure
> > enough, off in the distance, they saw a great cloud forming.  The cloud
> > rose into the air, approached, descended and touched the ground.  Out
> > stepped the world's first teacher.
> >        She looked at Adam, she looked at Eve, then she looked at the
> > horde of disheveled, screaming, unruly children and shook her head.  "We
> > never would have put up with this in the old days," she said.
> >                                        Regards,
> >                                                Jack
>
> and James wrote:
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> Absolutely I agree! Question my assumptions as well.  If you really had
> interest, and opportunity, we could discuss where we are each coming
> from in our assumptions and then perhaps understand the other viewpoint
> (right or wrong, in our judgement!).
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> I'm not certain I see the connection of the story about the first school
> teacher, unless the point is that one always assumes the past was better?
> James Mackey
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You're getting close, Jim.  Stories lose their punch when they're
explained, but when you get the point you'll see that there's nothing to
discuss - uou old schoolteacher, you.

                                        Regards,
                                                Jack
"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
                General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
                just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
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