tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post4782843867565036805..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: "When Education Goes Wrong"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-70360721018637542922014-09-17T12:53:15.853-04:002014-09-17T12:53:15.853-04:00Bob - this is OT, but the subject of education rem...Bob - this is OT, but the subject of education reminded me. Today is Constitution Day, which probably should be celebrated as a national day of mourning for what we once had.<br /><br />US Constitution: born September 17, 1787. Died September 12, 2001.Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-77702297922070436912014-09-17T12:31:28.787-04:002014-09-17T12:31:28.787-04:00Children's fantasies don't get all postmod...Children's fantasies don't get all postmodern about their morality, either- Superman punches the mad scientist in the face and saves Lois Lane from the robots because the mad scientist is Bad and Lois Lane is Good. There's no subplot excusing the mad scientist from having aimed his death-ray at Metropolis, because of his displaced anger at suffering discrimination as a child. "Moral Ambiguity" of that kind is something adults put in stories to assuage their guilt-ridden consciences.<br /><br />I'd rather watch a movie written by a five-year-old than some of the things I've seen come out of Hollywood in the past few years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com