>
>I have been mailed and told that people blindly follow preachers and the
>church by faith, I say: "School is now a church in which the students
accept
>what the teacher says, by faith."
>
>My question is: Is this a legitimate way of flipping the coin? (Is it a
good
>opposition?)
No, I don't think it is legimate. The difference is that in schools,
though students may accept what the teacher says on faith, it isn't
*necessarily* so. In fact, if the teacher is any good, she will teach
the students to be skeptical. The difference is subtle, but all-important.
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David McFadzean dbm@merak.com
Memetic Engineer http://www.merak.com/~dbm/
Merak Projects Ltd.