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[fiveeagles]

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[kimchikowboy]

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[fiveeagles]

I started this thread a few months ago. Seems like it is relevant now.

This post is a continuation from this thread out of page 6.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=60931

So yeah, I bring God into my discussions with my kids/teens.

For example, I asked my grade 5 kids what the greatest language is? Some said English, others said Korean and so on. I told them that the greatest language they needed to learn was love.

I feel that there is such an emphasis on learning English and what can be gained by it, that something is lost in the ambition. Personally, I would rather see my kids succeed in learning how to communicate their hearts than winning a Pulitzer and that's what I do. I guess it depends on how you see success. So far, my kids have learned 3 levels of English Time, 3 phonics levels and a couple movies and a whole lot of games in 8 months.

In my teens class, we watched the power of one. I don't know if anyone has watched it, but its a superb movie. Anyway, there are references to Religion, both bad and good, themes of redemption, themes of justice. So I taught from my perspective on the negativites and positives.

I also like to teach on inspiring leaders such as Martin Luther King, Lincoln, Nelson Mandela and others who have inspired me and I try to use such examples to teach my kids. Yeah, I am usually inspired by Christian leaders...not communist leaders and/or socialists.

So laogaiguk, I don't feel like it is a fair comparison to compare sex and religion. Jesus's teachings are such that allows for the transcendence of age. Such teachings, I feel bring wisdom and so i try to incorporate them into my teachings. Like the example I used above; to love one another. Simple things like that. I can understand your concern and know the detriment of religion, because I have been there. I have seen and been touched by great evil through religious people.

I guess you have to ask, when are kids taught sex ed and by who. Most are taught by teachers and at an early age. Personally, I wouldn't let my kids be taught by you. No offense, but I know you and I wouldn't want them influenced by you. I am sure you feel the same way. My kids parents know who I am and what I stand for.

So if my non-christian directors were dissatistified with my standard or ethics, I would change my style. However, they are very satisfied with the results and have given me free reign on how I teach and what I teach on.

[ddeubel]

Five eagles,

I've read your posts for awhile now and I can state there is anything but love in your "makeup" kit.

You may believe there is but it is "psychobabble....". You should do something for your split personality disorder IMO. Ethics more than anything demand CONSISTENCY of action and also that motor, thought. You show none of that atleast in your posts. Especially babbling on about love after a paragraph of sensational hate....

DD

[seoulunitarian]

[seoulsucker]

[happeningthang]

The best teacher I ever had was my High school history teacher - a committed, passionate and engaging educator. He taught me about compassion, social equality, and Russian history three years in a row. He was a communist. This guy wore his heart on his sleeve and wasn't shy about admitting his political bent, but at least he was trying to teach us his dogma. He stated his opinions, gave us his examples and encouraged us to argue and think critically.

I got more of an education from him than any other teacher before or since, and maybe that's because he cared enough about his teaching that his ideology didn't come before students.

For Five Eagles to produce some aptly called 'neoconpsychoblather' a brand of hatred and contempt as a way of justifying his message of 'love' doesn't give any confidence that he knows what 'love' is.

[seoulunitarian]

Many people just wear the Christian badge who simply are not Christian. A person can call themself an egg - that doesn't mean they are one.

Peace

[hermes.trismegistus]

[RACETRAITOR]

[Qinella]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I remember talking about the issue of school prayer with a devout Christian who was complaining about restrictions and I asked him 'if you lived in Utah, would you be all right with the teacher leading your child in Mormon prayers?' Of course he wouldn't. I wonder how FiveBuzzards would feel about teachers using exclusively Muslim examples to teach his children the value of love? What a moron. It's because of idiots like him that I wouldn't be allowed to do things like teach Christmas charols to children back home.

At least 'Christians' like him give teachers everywhere a perfect example to use when teaching what 'hypocrisy' means.

[riley]

Younger kids can be easily molded, and that's why we have to be careful of what we say and do. Why does someone need to tell elementary kids their beliefs when kids will remember the examples better?
Now older students on the other hand, I think it can be a good idea to challenge their thinking and sometimes that means bringing in your own beliefs and telling/explaining them. That doesn't mean saying that it is fact!

[Satori]

Fiveagles you are completely confused. You seem to think you are a public school teacher in America. You are not. You are a language educator in a foreign country teaching a second language, not as part of a unified school curriculum, but in a private insititution where parents pay big money to have thier children learn English, specifically. You have no mandate to teach morality, absolutely none. You are abusing your position in a most obscene way. It repulses me to think that you and I both bare the same job description title...

[Moldy Rutabaga]