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To: Responsibility2nd
I'm going to play the devil's advocate here and say I can see where this could be a good question to ask budding adults. It raises all kinds of ethical and moral issues, and could very well be the kind of big matter these kids may eventually face. Maybe it will start them thinking about more spiritual subjects instead of cars, girls, boys, or video games.

Life presents hard decisions sometimes. It's certainly debatable that it's the school's place to teach morality, but I think I can make a case that schools are legitimately tasked with starting students to think.

15 posted on 11/22/2017 2:22:56 PM PST by IronJack (A)
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To: IronJack

It has to make a little more sense for it to have any value. At least say, “Your mom broke her leg, so she’s slow. But, she knows which plants have medicinal value and which are poisonous. Your brother is healthy and strong, but all he wants to do is smoke weed all day.” Etc. The way it’s presented, you have to make up the people, their attributes, the contextual circumstances. This isn’t a geography lesson. It’s creative writing.


21 posted on 11/22/2017 2:31:32 PM PST by Rastus
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