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[Freetobeme]

If you want something compelling to think about and discuss with your junior high and older kids try The Wave by Ron Jones. It is a novel and a movie.

[kaseyb (Supermom!)]

GH, I just read some research on this and wow, it is scary bigtime. We are definitely born sinful and corrupt to our very depths. Hope you don't mind my sharing something I read concerning this here. Dr. Phillip Zimbardo's comments at the end are most telling.

Do you own the movie? If so, I'd love it if you'd share a bit of what is in it. I'm not sure whether to get the movie or the book.

http://upalumni.org/medschool/appendices/appendix-39f.html

[Freetobeme]

Don't own it, have seen it. It's disturbing. It explains very well how people can be and are brainwashed into doing terrible things. That's another problem I have with schools. Teachers are authority figures and what they say must be 'right'. Teachers can take advantage of this. Besides, having been on the inside of the educational system, I know the comments made by teachers when they get together. They cut down the kids they don't like, they talk about the parents, and they do this on a regular basis. Not ALL teachers do this, but from what I saw in the teachers' lounge, it is very common. I gave up eating with them and spent my time in my classroom.