tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post838874540158860969..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: How Science Fiction Save Me From Hell - I Mean Middle SchoolAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-13910703414356129632013-12-10T14:24:34.448-05:002013-12-10T14:24:34.448-05:00You are probably right Amy. We have done away with...You are probably right Amy. We have done away with evil but unfortunately the good has gone with it.<br /><br />I hate public school teachers with the heat of a thousand suns. I hated them as a child and as an adult. My brother in law and his wife are teachers and neither of those dummies is fit to shine my shoes.<br /><br />I wonder how kids handle it these days? Or are they? I am convinced our schools are moron factories and that the universities have become intellectual wastelands.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-48710020647529527652013-12-10T13:34:22.755-05:002013-12-10T13:34:22.755-05:00I remember having "Jurassic Park" confis...I remember having "Jurassic Park" confiscated from me for reading in class (this was before the movie came out), the same year I was accused of being mentally retarded.<br /><br />What saved me was my parents insisting on an IQ test, and telling me the result. With that, I had something to hold onto during those years of hell.<br /><br />A lot of my disgust with teachers stems from this - and it's richly deserved.Aurinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326304664495981809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-70955441874017013202013-12-10T10:06:58.712-05:002013-12-10T10:06:58.712-05:00I am convinced that spending that much time in tha...I am convinced that spending that much time in that kind of school environment actually does something to your brains - alters it permanently.<br /><br />OMG - I have brain damage!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-39322916563124123012013-12-10T06:20:08.172-05:002013-12-10T06:20:08.172-05:00Glen, it occurs to me that we've supposedly co...Glen, it occurs to me that we've supposedly conquered evil by way of moral relativism. There is no evil (except for privileged White Christian men) to fight when "It's All Good!" is the motto of the day.<br /><br />The emotional battleground is the last frontier of war - beating sex/racism and heteronormative bias is when we'll finally achieve harmony. We'll win victory over ourselves, and love Big Brother.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887726976835609577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-47167938999283641892013-12-10T06:15:25.107-05:002013-12-10T06:15:25.107-05:00Bob, I feel for you. This was my story as well, fo...Bob, I feel for you. This was my story as well, for the most part. I went to Catholic school, but same story: after sixth grade, it all fell apart, and I went from high honors to B's and C's, and high school was a joke.<br /><br />I have always been a reader. More than anything else I love to read books. The first sci-fi book I read was <i>A Wrinkle In Time</i>, in the fourth grade. I read all the books in that series, many times over, then my parents bought me a matched set of the LOTR books with The Hobbit included and I entered the world of fantasy. My dad gave me Heinlein, Asimov, and Bradbury to read in sixth grade. What worlds I encountered! The thoughts and possibilities, and critiques of human nature, spoke to me. But I could not share any of my insights with anyone, none of my peers were interested.<br /><br />School treats high-IQ girls the same way as boys, at least that was my experience. I was an academic washout, IQ of 130 and almost failed out of HS. Just abide by the rules, do the work, you're smart, why is this so hard for you? Heard it over and over from parents and teachers. <br /><br />Comparison to Procrustes is accurate. Mythology, I suppose, was my first intro to SF/F, though they are more of a component or progenitor of the latter rather than part of the whole. I loved reading the myths of Greece and Rome, and also Nordic and Slavic myths, and trying to tease out their truths.<br /><br />My experience as a teacher says that many kids, especially boys, are stuck like this. Teachers moan about how boys are uninterested in reading -who would want to read the feminized literature of today? I don't like it, can't imagine a boy would. Want to get a boy to read, buy him military fiction/Mil-SF or good old-fashioned swords and sorcery fantasy.<br /><br />Like Glen said, homosexuality, socialism, etc. rule in modern SF and the stories suffer greatly. Not to mention the grrl power! that Vox and Wright so frequently expose as the laughable farce it is.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887726976835609577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-38260577032770536442013-12-10T04:45:14.358-05:002013-12-10T04:45:14.358-05:00I can no longer stand the faggotified and feminize...I can no longer stand the faggotified and feminized shit that passes for SF these days. Vox Day calls it 'Pink SciFi' where the story lines revolve around characters exploring their emotions rather than the old story lines of protagonists struggling to overcome evil. It has become a tool of lefties to advance their pet causes like homosexuality, polygamy and socialism. Quite simply, modern SF IS hell now. My IQ is about 118 if the test scores are to be believed...and I can't stand most of the contemporary stuff being written today. Even with my low IQ scores this crap is an insult to my intelligence.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.com