JUDGE NOT!
What is it with those of us who believe it is their duty to judge everyone else?!
I just read THE DOCTOR IS IN site, where he was accosted… and I do not believe that that is too strong a word….by a reader because he said that he was going to spend some of his hard earned dollars on a V/X for himself (and co-incidentally his friend too)! The reader thought he should be spending this money on helping his fellowman…this is Dr. D. who spends his days working in a public hospital.
Don’t go looking for a link…I can just about manage to blog and pass through other sites…Ask Mad Bull…I am hopeless at the technical side of things to do with computers!
This reader went onto chastize Dr. D. for his views on women and his medical confidentiality. Seeming to suggest that Dr. D. is an ungrateful, fickle human being who is reaping his riches of the back of the poor of Jamaica. All the while the reader was listing the number of places that he/she had visited recently…including India…Is that not a VERY expensive trip to make, just in air fare alone.
To say that I was annoyed at reading his/her “RANT” is putting it most mildly. It brings to mind a situation that has been raring it’s head directly in my path recently.
I know of a teacher and a pro-lifer who tells her 12/13 year old students about ins and outs of abortions OFTEN. She tells them that they should throw away certain candies, because there is a childrens help line no. on the box. She does not stand for the anthem because abortions are legal in Canada. These are just a few of the things that I have been told that she tells her students. Yes, it is a catholic school, but I really do not think that she has the right to be trying to sway these rather YOUNG children so blatantly!
My son, who is a student in her class, comes home daily with more of these “teacher says” items each day. I have nothing against her having these views. I don’t even care if the students are told (once or twice) about them. They should be made aware of all sides of every situation. But for it to be so very blatantly one sided has me a bit concerned.
For heaven sakes…the children’s help line is there to….HELP children who are feeling unsafe or overwhelmed, who are being abused, emotionally or physically. My answer to my son has become, that for someone who is supposed to be setting an example of christian charity she is rather narrow minded, judgemental and actually seemingly full of hate!
Otherwise, she seems to be a good academic teacher….why can we not stick to that…
I sent him to a catholic school because he was having a hard time in the public school system with bullies etc. and I was hoping that he would also get some religious education along the way too. I am not pleased with indoctrination however.
Fortunately for me, my children do come home and talk to me about their day at school, so I am able put a more balanced (at least I think it is more balanced) light on some of these things. But what about the kid who does not feel he/she can discuss these things with his/her parents. They either become fanatical or live a great portion of their lives thinking that they are wicked to the bone!
I believe that we are all have our own talents, strengths and gifts….that God, Jehovah, Allah, Budda..whatever you’d like to call the supreme being..gave us each different gifts so that the world would in the end be a better place. If only we could find it in ourselves to share our gifts without looking down at another person’s gift….with out judging others…without feeling slighted if things do not go our way. And WITHOUT TRYING TO CHANGE EVERYONE ELSE TO OUR POINT OF VIEW…let us respect each other’s individuality not try to squash it!
PEACE AND GOOD WILL!
Let’s try that for a change.
February 24th, 2004 at 9:27 pm Kidlet #2 was having problems with bullies? Wow!
February 25th, 2004 at 12:22 am Yes MB, when he was younger. He is rather sensative and so his feelings get hurt rather easily. He has recently come into his own more though.
February 25th, 2004 at 3:56 pm Well Ciya, thanks again for the vote of confidence from you. Regarding the ranter, I surmised that he probably was a bun a bighead spliff before he decided to take out the pits of the world (which he seems to be carrying on his guilty shoulders) on me. I have no problem with differing opinions, the world would be such a boring place if we all agreed on everything. Don’t know where on the planet he got the idea that I have ‘wealth to share’. Regarding your comment about the pro life teacher…first off, you taught me suppem. I wasn’t aware that abortion was legal in Canada. Regarding my views on that (which I have been chastised by many for), I am pro choice. No, I don’t do terminations, but, I can understand why a 14 year old school girl who gets pregnant by the act of rape from her Uncle might wish to not carry through such a pregnancy to term. Don’t get me wrong, I detest the idea of termination of pregnancy being use as a contraceptive means. There’s lots that can be done to prevent pregnancy from happening. Anyhow, this is a topic that has been blogged about ad nauseum, and not really the topic of your post. The teacher can share her views with students, but to try to indoctrinate them to her point of view on a regular basis I don’t agree with. And BTW, I thought it was only in Jamaica that we have people who are so lacking in social graces that they refuse to stand when the national anthem is being played.
February 25th, 2004 at 4:13 pm Boy, it’s probably a good thing that it is unlikely that 106 million + would be interested in my l’ll ole blog, because then he’d get on your case about painting all Jamaicans with the same brush, re your comment about the anthem! Not that I mind the comment D. I am actually pro choice too. I just simply think that a woman should have the right to chose, there are many UNFIT mothers out there, and you can not tell me that a child is better off being carried to term and having to live with a violent, abusive parent!! But the fact that other people are not pro choice does not bother me either, as long as they do not get violent or try to restrict others. to my way of thinking it would be just like the animal rights activists who boycott and march outside a McDonald’s (not that that is my favourite place to eat either mind you!) Pretty soon we’ll have the vegitarian activist - don’t kill the lettuce and the broccoli!!!!!! Just for food!!! And we will all sit here and politically correct ourselves out of everything! Okay, now I’m ranting a little
February 25th, 2004 at 8:06 pm Hey Ciya, dis a fe you site! Gwaan rant to rass if you want!