Posts by GrreatTeacher

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

GrreatTeacher

Do you think another person's temper is worthy of due regard. It's not on the definition and it certainly is not.

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

GrreatTeacher

"Due regard" needs to be matched to things that deserve due regard.

It is telling that 'beliefs' was not listed in the definition.

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

GrreatTeacher

How can you say that? That is not part of the definition and it doesn't make sense that it should be.

"Feelings, wishes and rights" are completely unrelated to beliefs.

Unless you are speaking about the right of someone to have their own beliefs, which completely comports with the definition.

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

GrreatTeacher

Eden, but your definition of respect is " due regard for the feelings, wishes or rights of others."

Your definition excludes beliefs. No where does it say 'due regard for the beliefs of others."

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

GrreatTeacher

Eden, are you conflating beliefs with actions?

Should beliefs stand on their own merits and actions on their own merits?

Or, because the actions are predicated on the beliefs, should they be judged as part and parcel of each other?

Might the same beliefs produce other actions that might be judged unsavory?

Might the same actions be caused by differeing beliefs?

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

GrreatTeacher

I find it interesting that StatTrekAngel has not checked in on his own thread recently.

I like to hear people's thoughts and reasonings on things and I like to watch them interact and accommodate new information.

I like to watch people "grow."

But, if you just start and abandon a thread, what have you added to the discussion? What have you learned? What have you concluded after all the input?

Are you here for the exchange of ideas? Or just to pontificate?

Hello?

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

GrreatTeacher

Fair point, Morph. Sometimes you just don't feel like making more out of than a nod of general agreement.

And, thanks for responding personally!

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

Oubliette. I share some of your frustration with the like and dislike buttons. I feel that there was more and more personal discussion before the buttons. I really would like to know what it is about my comment that you dislike because sometimes the posts we make have multiple points in them.

Also, it's nice to get a personal response for a liked post for a similar reason, as well as also better relationship building.

However, I think part of the issue is that forums are asynchronous types of communication. If you are reading comments that are several pages long and began several days ago, hitting like or dislike on a comment in the middle of an old thread might be the most appropriate form of feedback.

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On respect for the belief of others. Sorry for the long post

by StarTrekAngel in

i am inclined to start this thread in response to some comments made in other threads.

i have been coming around these forum for quite some time now so whatever you find in here is not just related to something someone may have said this week.

it can go months back as well.. i have seen many who claim to respect the belief of others but when it comes down to applying it into practice, things take a whole different tune.

GrreatTeacher

The Rebel, I loved your StarTrek question. That is a perfect example of the type of essay question a teacher might create in order to assess knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of different thinking styles.

Sometimes teachers assess student knowlege on a given subject by asking them to create an "assessment" and answer key. This requires higher level thinking skills, metacognition, if you will.

It's been interesting watching your thinking skills transform, Rebel.

And, props to Viviane who did a great job of providing an example of how to answer a question such as that. Very key, providing examples.

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Handing out candy

by mikeypants in

growing up my parents would barricade our home off by parking vehicles bumper to bumper - you would have to crawl under the cars or over the bumpers to get to our door.

also, we would turn off all the lights and hide in the back room away from the street.. that was the norm for me.

isnt that insane?

GrreatTeacher

And for the first time my 14 year old son went roaming the neighborhood with friends. He put on overalls, drew on a beard with a sharpie and grabbed a lantern so he looked like a train conductor.

They found a street where people had haunted yards and haunted houses and they scared themselves silly then went to a friend's house. We called him at 10 pm. The girls were having a sleepover, so we had to extract the boys. He came home with a whole pillowcase full of candy and seemed very satisfied with his haul.

Surely everyone will be talking about this in school on Monday. Lunches will be good for the next week with all the extra candy.