tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post2072379060878610293..comments2024-03-28T22:09:54.924-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: General ApathyJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-37422365348920368002015-04-23T21:01:42.497-04:002015-04-23T21:01:42.497-04:00Oh wow. I get this. 100%. I just don't get whe...Oh wow. I get this. 100%. I just don't get where we are today. <br /><br />I had a lady today ask me for help at the gas station. I was happy to take a few minutes to help her find the gas release in her rental car. It cost me nothing to be nice. So I was! <br /><br />I've also decided that a smile is the way to go. It is so easy to be nice. <br /><br />Working in education, I see much of what you do. I focused on the ones that cared, and let the others fall where they may. It's harsh, but it kept my sanity. <br /><br />I love your biblical reference. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you. I needed it.<br /><br />Peace <3<br />JayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978841487723754585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-75845245215970601452015-04-23T16:11:42.514-04:002015-04-23T16:11:42.514-04:00This is nothing new. I quit high school teaching ...This is nothing new. I quit high school teaching in 1973, more or less for the exact reasons you have cited. <br /><br />Not that I did not like some of the kids. I thought maybe I was just a lousy teacher, but am certain you are anything but. <br /><br />It sounds like the same culural cancer in my area (DC suburbs) has spread to Alabama, but unfortunately the bad aspects, like racism and homophobia have remained.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-47229850975915756202015-04-23T11:37:59.380-04:002015-04-23T11:37:59.380-04:00Hi Joe,
The thought that kept going through my mi...Hi Joe,<br /><br />The thought that kept going through my mind as I read your excellent piece was: these kids will find out soon enough the time they have wasted not taking the opportunity to learn when they are out of school and trying to support themselves. Yours is so often a thankless job, made all the more difficult when the adults who should care do not support you. Thank God there are some students who can still remind you why you wanted to be a teacher. (((Hugs)))Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705603797740188813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-10641546594233186362015-04-23T08:42:22.920-04:002015-04-23T08:42:22.920-04:00I agree with you Michael. I think those who are a...I agree with you Michael. I think those who are already living in doom because they do not care, just wallow in that soon and want others to suffer as well. We just have to each do our part to make the world a better place and not get bogged sow in other people's doom.<br /><br />I do try to take solace in those students who truly care and want to do their best. I also take comfort in people like you who do care and are always there with an encouraging word. Thanks you.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-16629402609064025372015-04-23T08:29:48.353-04:002015-04-23T08:29:48.353-04:00My own interpretation of the parable is this: Thos...My own interpretation of the parable is this: Those who live without care for others already live in the hell created by their attitudes. Those who care for others are living in the kingdom of God now.<br /><br />Those who choose not to care today are not going to be doomed. They are doom. Which makes them suffer more and, unfortunately if they do not find the light, makes them care less about others as they thrash around seeking to free themselves from the net they have woven around their spirits.<br /><br />It is hard not to weave that trap, as we both know when we suddenly (by grace?) see ourselves spinning angrily away at our own threads. <br /><br />When I used to get frustrated by those of my students who did not seem to care about anything, I took comfort in the handful of those who did care and who were already making their world and mine a better place.<br /><br />I hope a total stranger gives you the gift of a smile today. And that you are doing the same for others.<br /><br />Ciao, bello! ;-)Michael Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942287172727040371noreply@blogger.com