Harry Mathews's Blog – June 2013 Archive (5)

Article by: Mary Fielding Summerhays

Preserving marriage is the great issue of our time. Redefining marriage to meet the objectives of proponents of same-gender marriage will remove the natural family–father, mother, and children–as the basic unit of society. It would, as a matter of law, deny the ideal that children need a mother and a father, and further, that children need mothering and fathering, the very factors that prepare them for their role in nurturing and sustaining…

An official with the Chicago Teachers Union told Al Sharpton 9-11-12,

“This is our Arab Spring… This is not just confined to Chicago.”

Because the Chicago teachers, the highest paid teachers in the country making an average $76,000 a year, are so mistreated. Via The Radio Equalizer:



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From http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca these are some of the comments from readers:

Today this statement is sadly true, though happily true if our education system would concentrate on ethics, tolerance and cultural differences.  -- Robert, Sarasota

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This year's end-of-year paper purge in my middle school office revealed a startling pattern in my teaching practices: I discipline boys far more often than I…