tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308076198370318187.post7123153859941360925..comments2023-10-22T03:48:12.099-04:00Comments on WB: The War That Saved My Life {book review}Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910073537485271665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308076198370318187.post-51844059734062657212018-05-03T02:22:04.082-04:002018-05-03T02:22:04.082-04:00I'm not the author of this post, but I am a pr...I'm not the author of this post, but I am a proud Jesus lover. That does not make me poor or ignorant. You, Manatees, who think that Jesus lovers are ignorant and that homeschooled children are poor (when they could make so much more money sending their kids to public school and working outside the home) is the mistaken one.A proud Jesus loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053735329943594986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308076198370318187.post-19545266915001860362018-04-04T09:43:19.296-04:002018-04-04T09:43:19.296-04:00I'm a proponent of parents reading what their ...I'm a proponent of parents reading what their kids read, so thank you for doing that. As a longtime teacher, I have a different perspective on Miss Smith as a lesbian. Whether they align with your beliefs or not, GLBTQ people are in the world. They existed in England in the 1940s. Gay people are not recent nor are they invisible, and if we leave them out of kids' books, we are offering children a distorted view of the world *that erases some of them, and their families, from it.* That's no more acceptable to me than declaring that we shouldn't have well-rounded, non-stereotypical portrayals of people of faith in kids' books -- we absolutely should, because they are in the world and because they reflect some readers and their families. I don't see that as any kind of "feminist agenda" -- I see that as respecting my students and not making assumptions about their families or their identities. In other words, doing unto others. : ) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01003851924985771376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308076198370318187.post-38590314242782931452018-01-03T00:40:09.022-05:002018-01-03T00:40:09.022-05:00Oh brother. Your poor home schooled children. Anot...Oh brother. Your poor home schooled children. Another ignorant “Jesus lover” Manateeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05281714245589699900noreply@blogger.com