It's been weeks and weeks since I've been here for a visit. It's great to see familiar and new names; I've really missed the conversation and support.
I'm still in school. I need nine more courses to graduate. So far I've only come across one absolute atheist prof., of the type who can't wait to abuse Christianity's role in history.
Anyone with sense will admit that horrible things have been done in the name of God. I never complain about hearing the truth. I do object to the brainwashing of the young students that I see happenning in these universities. It really upsets me, day after day, to listen to students repeat things they've heard from instructors, religion-bashing, Christian- and America-hating propaganda. But worse, to me, is the more subtle kinds of "teaching" that goes on, especially in courses related to history, literature and philosophy.
How can a literature teacher affect students' beliefs? You'd expect certain, classical works of fiction and poetry, but once past the freshman classes, you'd be wrong. Some of the "literature" chosen by these instructors, minions of the government-owned brainwashing system, leave me speechless. If you enroll in a state-operated university today, you won't be reading Steinbeck. I can't even describe, on this moderated site, the sorts of poems I've had to study.
History has been the same: let's read everything we can that puts America in a bad light. We can all leave the classroom hating our country. As for the main points of history, who cares? Novels by fascists mean so much more, you know.
I signed up for one Lit. class, which I dropped: it was called "Post Colonial American Literature" in the catalog. I got the reading list, and NOT ONE AUTHOR was an American. I don't mean they were minorities or anything absurd like that. I mean, not one was an American citizen. One was Iranian, and lived in Iran. One was British. One was Brazilian. One was Australian. One was African. OK, I can understand the point of all this diversity programming, but shouldn't American Lit be written by an American? The catalog should have called the course: "Diversity Studies Utilizing Novels translated into English by American Printers."
Really, I just wanted to take the course I had signed up for. I didn't object to the readings, with one exception. I objected to the dishonest method of forcing students to study ideas and philosophy that they might otherwise aviod if they were given a choice. Of course, if a student even mentions this anti-Christian, anti-American conspiracy, he or she is intolerant or racist or something worse, like a neo-con, a right-wing nut-job, a...well, you get the idea.
I wish, I really wish, something could be done to change the way our young people are being educated. My heart is in my throat all day, every day, on this campus. I went to college more than twenty years ago, the first time. Wow, have things changed. Or maybe I just didn't notice it before.
Our young people need a lot of prayer, right now. They need protection from the very people who are being paid to teach them. How difficult it must be for them to remain steady in their beliefs with so many pushing them so hard to be like the rest of the world. The "be like us, or there's something wrong with you" feeling is very strong, and very hard to resist. Pray, pray for them all.
I'm still in school. I need nine more courses to graduate. So far I've only come across one absolute atheist prof., of the type who can't wait to abuse Christianity's role in history.
Anyone with sense will admit that horrible things have been done in the name of God. I never complain about hearing the truth. I do object to the brainwashing of the young students that I see happenning in these universities. It really upsets me, day after day, to listen to students repeat things they've heard from instructors, religion-bashing, Christian- and America-hating propaganda. But worse, to me, is the more subtle kinds of "teaching" that goes on, especially in courses related to history, literature and philosophy.
How can a literature teacher affect students' beliefs? You'd expect certain, classical works of fiction and poetry, but once past the freshman classes, you'd be wrong. Some of the "literature" chosen by these instructors, minions of the government-owned brainwashing system, leave me speechless. If you enroll in a state-operated university today, you won't be reading Steinbeck. I can't even describe, on this moderated site, the sorts of poems I've had to study.
History has been the same: let's read everything we can that puts America in a bad light. We can all leave the classroom hating our country. As for the main points of history, who cares? Novels by fascists mean so much more, you know.
I signed up for one Lit. class, which I dropped: it was called "Post Colonial American Literature" in the catalog. I got the reading list, and NOT ONE AUTHOR was an American. I don't mean they were minorities or anything absurd like that. I mean, not one was an American citizen. One was Iranian, and lived in Iran. One was British. One was Brazilian. One was Australian. One was African. OK, I can understand the point of all this diversity programming, but shouldn't American Lit be written by an American? The catalog should have called the course: "Diversity Studies Utilizing Novels translated into English by American Printers."
Really, I just wanted to take the course I had signed up for. I didn't object to the readings, with one exception. I objected to the dishonest method of forcing students to study ideas and philosophy that they might otherwise aviod if they were given a choice. Of course, if a student even mentions this anti-Christian, anti-American conspiracy, he or she is intolerant or racist or something worse, like a neo-con, a right-wing nut-job, a...well, you get the idea.
I wish, I really wish, something could be done to change the way our young people are being educated. My heart is in my throat all day, every day, on this campus. I went to college more than twenty years ago, the first time. Wow, have things changed. Or maybe I just didn't notice it before.
Our young people need a lot of prayer, right now. They need protection from the very people who are being paid to teach them. How difficult it must be for them to remain steady in their beliefs with so many pushing them so hard to be like the rest of the world. The "be like us, or there's something wrong with you" feeling is very strong, and very hard to resist. Pray, pray for them all.
