The Daily Chit-Chat [2008]

[Xairmo]

My first grade teacher told us that she was a witch and that she had eyes in the back of her head ._.

 

[Saryka]

My Crazy Religion Teacher's catchphrase was "j'écoute tous, je regarde tous," which means "I hear all, I see all," in French (I may have gotten "tous" mixed up with "tout" *shot*). Too bad that was actually never the case. XD;

 

[ShadowofTime01]

My father had the same religion teacher i had freshmen year... that was horrible since he was a trouble maker. She used to pick on me all the time. She liked my family, but she really paid me back for the sins of my father. haha. Crazy ol' lady. her last name was actually Heck.

 

[Tensa Zangetsu]

My Religious Education teacher Is so evil, he broke the window In our class by throwing his shoes at It.

 

[Chibi-chan]

My religion teacher believes that her way is the only way, and her answer is the only answer. But she also contradicts herself because she's divorced....-_-;;

 

[Michii]

Haha we don't have religion, well, in school we don't at least. It's illegal to talk about religion ;/

 

[BeachBoy]

Haha we don't have religion, well, in school we don't at least. It's illegal to talk about religion ;/

Neither do we, online school is full of typos and computer lingo.... never religion, I think we'd get in trouble for it, I don't know about illegal though O.o

 

[Chibi-chan]

Neither do we, online school is full of typos and computer lingo.... never religion, I think we'd get in trouble for it, I don't know about illegal though O.o

What exactly is 'online school'? From how you just described it, it seems like another forum...

 

[BeachBoy]

What exactly is 'online school'? From how you just described it, it seems like another forum...

Nope, not a forum at all.

Online school
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School on my laptop in which I do 3 assignments per week in an extremely flexible schedule enviornment. I go to the online school site, log in to my "dash board" and go into what's called an "educater" were I can go to my gradebook, assignments, lessons, email teachers, discussion groups (where all those typos and computer language stuff came from), on subject chat rooms, etc. Basically on a side bar menu. that takes me through those various links around the site. And my mom can log on as well and check my progress and what not. And like talk to my teacher once a month on the phone to know I still exist and what not, lol. So basically its log on whenever, do some work, have a ton of time.
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That is online school ;D everything is great, except of course the social impact.

 

[Spaekle Oddberry]

I took a health class that sounds very similar to that online, because I couldn't be bothered to take it in actual school. I got an assignment, I did it in Word, and uploaded it to the site as a word document to be graded. There was something due every Monday. The actual assignments were just stupid busywork that kept asking for my opinions on things I didn't care about, but the tests were hilariously pathetic. (Questions like: HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY? Staying up all night playing video games and eating junk food?)

I pretty much BSed all of the assignments the night before they were due and passed with a B. *shrugs*

 

[moon]

Haha we don't have religion, well, in school we don't at least. It's illegal to talk about religion ;/

Illegal? How could it be illegal? Isn't religion part of one's life... more or less? We have an obligatory course next year (I'm 18 now) that is to cover information and comparisons of all main religions in the world. I remember the religion classes in middle school made me consider several other religious views than christianity... not seriously perhaps, but still ;)

Mmh... I guess there are many countries in the world that hasn't got this tolerance about religion :/

 

[Ivysaur]

We have had religion since first grade, but, for some reason, the only thing we didn't study there was that, religion. I sincerely prefer to study ethics than religion. The only year when we studied History of Religions was really boring.

 

[moon]

Well, we studied the history of the religions in middle school... and that was very boring indeed. Especially when we had to take a test on it.

But in the... high school? (I don't think it's the same as "high school"... but whatever,) when we got a little older anyway, we studied the main religions a little deeper. And compared them somewhat. That was interesting. Many things are the same in the beliefs, but they're put in different words...

Oh, I could go on like this forever, sorry >.<

 

[Twinx]

We studied religion since the beginning, being in a catholic school and all.
But it wasn't as deep as Fable's studies. It was more of a discussion hour as we got older.. you know?

 

[ShadowofTime01]

Well i went to public (american) school from elementary and middle school so I didn't have religion classes until High School. America has this whole thing about separation of Church and State, which I think is a good idea, but taken to the extreme way too often. I understand and appreciate that we didn't have religion classes in public school because it's funded by the state and they can't enforce anyone religion on us. But i signed that freedom away when i went to private catholic high school (wasn't my idea). I think it's broaden my view on society, but i don't think i could've handled a religion class before that without thinking it was indoctrination and somehow brainwashing me into that belief. Personally, I think humans can exist without religion, but still need faith because faith can exist without religion, but religion cannot exist without faith. I believe in humanity, and that's where i store my faith.

Sorry that was rantistic...

 

[moon]

Well i went to public (american) school from elementary and middle school so I didn't have religion classes until High School. America has this whole thing about separation of Church and State, which I think is a good idea, but taken to the extreme way too often. I understand and appreciate that we didn't have religion classes in public school because it's funded by the state and they can't enforce anyone religion on us. But i signed that freedom away when i went to private catholic high school (wasn't my idea). I think it's broaden my view on society, but i don't think i could've handled a religion class before that without thinking it was indoctrination and somehow brainwashing me into that belief. Personally, I think humans can exist without religion, but still need faith because faith can exist without religion, but religion cannot exist without faith. I believe in humanity, and that's where i store my faith.

Sorry that was rantistic...

Rantistic or not, that was well said.

Religion is NOT the same thing as Christianity, for a start. When they want to separate Church and State, they could. We have. But the religious studies for children/young people here are about understanding. Like I probably said somewhere there..... Not just learning the history of Christianity. We focus almost as much on Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Jewish religion.
It's probably one of my favourite school subjects, now when I'm old enough to appreciate the analytic side of it.

 

[Cloud_85]

In my college we've been studying Religion since 5th grade, and I see it like a Sleep Class really...

 

[ShadowofTime01]

I'm glad you're so progressive. that's cool, it really is. If they were like that here, all hell would break loose

Personally, i grew up without religion until I was 14. Then under the circumstances i ended up at my private high school, and then had to start studying religion. The histories of religions fascinate me, but I don't think that's what the religion is about. I think religion is about finding hope in something, a way to balance you from your humanistic faults. I've studied Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Taosim, Christianity, Judaism, even some of the more ancient religions like those of the Egyptians or the aborigines. I've practiced with Buddhists, and worshiped alongside Shintos, learned to control my body's energy with Taoists, and prayed along side Christians. History is one thing, but you cannot teach true aspects of faith in a classroom, therefore i don't think it's that effective to try. A history and the basics of a religion is fine and all, but it think you need to transcend the walls of the classroom if you truly want to learn about a religion and have faith in it. Because faith is not a static thing, it needs to be constantly challenged and questioned if it is to survive. If not you end up stuck where you are, no ability to see past your own 2 dimensional non-dynamic view.

 

[moon]

I'm glad you're so progressive. that's cool, it really is. If they were like that here, all hell would break loose

Personally, i grew up without religion until I was 14. Then under the circumstances i ended up at my private high school, and then had to start studying religion. The histories of religions fascinate me, but I don't think that's what the religion is about. I think religion is about finding hope in something, a way to balance you from your humanistic faults. I've studied Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Taosim, Christianity, Judaism, even some of the more ancient religions like those of the Egyptians or the aborigines. I've practiced with Buddhists, and worshiped alongside Shintos, learned to control my body's energy with Taoists, and prayed along side Christians. History is one thing, but you cannot teach true aspects of faith in a classroom, therefore i don't think it's that effective to try. A history and the basics of a religion is fine and all, but it think you need to transcend the walls of the classroom if you truly want to learn about a religion and have faith in it. Because faith is not a static thing, it needs to be constantly challenged and questioned if it is to survive. If not you end up stuck where you are, no ability to see past your own 2 dimensional non-dynamic view.

Practiced with buddhists, shintos, taoists? :O That's way too cool for school.......... ^^

I see what you mean, but I still think it was very good to get some kind of basic understanding of different ways of approaching religion in school years. Was probably good that you weren't too young when you encountered religious things though. When I was, like... 5, I went weekly to a group of christian children and some priest persons, and they completely brainwashed me for a long time.....
That was what I meant with me realizing things in middle school. All of a sudden, from our religion class, I understood that there were other views that were equally realistic/crazy as mine.

 

[Saryka]

I've had doubts about religion and the beliefs I was taught to have in school since I was very young. I remember in Grade Two, asking my teacher all these questions I had 'cause I doubted everything they taught us in Religion class. But that's a different story altogether. xD;

In Grade Eleven, next year, World Religions is a mandatory class for me. I'm looking forward to it because I really want to learn about all kinds of religions. It truly does sound interesting to me. ^^

Too bad the teacher who teaches it is a huge jerk.