Letters to the Editor

Thou revealest too much! Our church group teaches the facts of life to 13-year-olds. One of us goes way over the line. By Cary Tennis [2006-04-26]

• speaking of judgmental ...

  The last few answers pretty much take the cake!

  I don't know either why the LW isn't talking it over with people closer to home, rather than emailing a columnist. Perhaps she doesn't want to talk about it with people who would know who she's talking about, precisely out of respect for the other teacher, until she's figured out how to approach the question.

  As it happens I agree that a getting the teachers together for an informal discussion/lunch where they talk about what teaching techniques work or don't work is a very good idea, and the kind of idea the LW was probably hoping to gather in this forum.

  It is not a crime to run out of ideas yourself and hope to get a few from other sources. It is not a crime, either, to talk over a situation anonymously when it embarrasses you or when you're afraid it might embarrass someone else. Quite the contrary.

  Note to WTFIYP: not naming the church doesn't prove that she's ashamed of it. It wasn't necessary information. The LW did us the favour of going straight to the problem with minimal extraneous data.

  -- klytaimnestra
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