And Texas becomes even scarier...

[thistlechaser]

Holy crap, Texas. Texas Republican Party Calls For Abstinence Only Sex Ed, Corporal Punishment In Schools, and an end to teaching "higher order thinking skills".

The abstinence only thing is horrible but not surprising.
That they want teachers to be able to hit kids is boggling.
But schools want to stop kids from thinking? Quote:

...they oppose the teaching of "higher order thinking skills" -- a curriculum which strives to encourage critical thinking -- arguing that it might challenge "student's fixed beliefs" and undermine "parental authority."

Yeah. The only way they'll keep their base is to prevent kids from being able to critically think about things and to make decisions for themselves.

This is really, really sad.

Comments

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I could form a negative opinion about this if I thought about it but I had that kind of attitude beaten out of me a long time ago.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Good boy. Now go read the bible and then go straight to bed. Remember! No thinking!

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

This whole thing is making it really hard for me to go without bashing Texas a bunch. I mean, I know it's got that stereotype that they are all right-wing religious nuts but gotta try to not generalize and stuff like that. But then you see parts of Texas actually being that stereotype it's hard to really get past it.

I think there might be something wrong with just most of the south of the US. Texas is like religion crazy, Arizona is immigrant crazy, Florida is just plain crazy, California is...well it's California. Although I never hear anything about New Mexico, Mississippi only really comes up when things flood, and Louisiana just gets screwed over a bunch it seems. In fact, as an outsider it seems like Alabama is the only one that hasn't lived up to it's reputation for me yet. Maybe it just does a better job at containing it's madness from international media.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

This whole thing is making it really hard for me to go without bashing Texas a bunch.

Same. I know there are some fine people who live there, but...

I think there might be something wrong with just most of the south of the US.

Yeah. Again, I hate to generalize, but... So hard not to.

In fact, as an outsider it seems like Alabama is the only one that hasn't lived up to it's reputation for me yet. Maybe it just does a better job at containing it's madness from international media.

News reporters go into Alabama, but none come out...

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

News reporters go into Alabama, but none come out...

They are coming... (http://youtu.be/Jn5c1FuLDd4)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! Wow, the Onion does such good work. That guy was perfectly cast!

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

...straight to bed. Remember! No thinking!
that's just great. Thanks Thistle. Now I equate thinking with masturbation. Yea...hot ladies thinking...so sexy.

Oh, wait, it totally is sexy. Ignore what Texas tells you - keep thinking. Yea. Think faster. Ohhh yea.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha. It is indeed sexy! :D