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   From: bucky@kaufman.net   
      
   The folks up in Collin County *want* to be stupid.   
      
   I recently talked to a very angry student from CCCCD who's   
   taking a Freshman philosophy class.   
      
   Several times over the last semester, the topic brushed upon   
   matters of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.   
      
   Each time, according to the student, the teacher had to stop the   
   conversation and tell the kids "I cannot allow any discussion of   
   eastern religions."   
      
   The student - a very precocious little fireball - tried to force   
   the issue.  Each time, the teacher gave the same statement -   
   word for word.   
      
   Finally, the "teacher" pulled the student aside and asked that   
   the topic not come up again.  When the student asked why, the   
   teacher said that it's the college, not he, that disallows   
   discussion of Eastern religions.  He very much wants to discuss   
   it, but if he does, he'll lose his job.   
      
   This probably has something to do with how Plano became the   
   Heroin capital of Texas, even though it has one of the highest   
   per-capita incomes in the state.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)