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Mar 18 2010

Ahhhh, Texas

Posted by admin in Random Stuff

Read this article about changes the Texas State Board of Education made this spring.

And this one broke my heart: The board removed the concepts of “justice” and “responsibility for the common good” from a list of characteristics of good citizenship for Grades 1-3. (The proposal to remove “equality” failed.) (1/14/10)

It is clear why right-wing christians would be afraid of justice and “the common good,” but it makes me sad. Today I have to lean on one of my favorite guiding principles: “It is not incumbent on you to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist therefrom…”(Talmud, Avot 2:21).

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One Response to “Ahhhh, Texas”
  1. Charlotte says:
    March 18, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    grrr that makes my blood boil. Especially the “common good” one. I could write a ten page rant on why the common good is at the foundation of our country AND christianity, but…I’ll just stew quietly.

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