09-19-2019, 05:47 AM
(09-18-2019, 09:55 PM)Ruby Wrote: Well, there are 1800 teenagers in a building. We are asked to control them, to keep them in order for their safety and to avoid lawsuits. And I am ostensibly there, externally assigned, to teach them about literature which involves what strikes me as subtle coercion. For example we give or withhold "grades," the strange currency of the realm. It's a kid prison really. Students have to ask if they can go get a drink of water. Isnt that a violation of international law?
( I was going to ask if our growth is hindered by the impure systems we serve, but in the course of writing I sorted things out. I realized that MY growth is a poor thing to focus on. I feel a call. I'm answering that call and if it dirties me up so be it. Life is dirty and I'm in it.)
Thanks for talking to me Infinite U.
Ruby, thank you for starting this post and sharing very appreciated..
Judgement is best left on its own path.. some background noise perhaps

Oh welcome too by the way..
