A lesson shared by a FB friend. Brilliant, process and conclusions. Your thoughts?
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One of my friends told me about a powerful lesson in her daughter's high school class this winter. They're learning about the Salem Witch Trials, and their teacher told them they were going to play a game.
"I'm going to come around and whisper to each of you whether you're a witch or a regular person. Your goal is to build the largest group possible that does NOT have a witch in it. At the end, any group found to include a witch gets a failing grade."
The teens dove into grilling each other. One fairly large group formed, but most of the students broke into small, exclusive groups, turning away anyone they thought gave off even a hint of guilt.
"Okay," the teacher said. "You've got your groups. Time to find out which ones fail. All witches, please raise your hands."
No one raised a hand.
The kids were confused and told him he'd messed up the game.
"Did I? Was anyone in Salem an actual witch? Or did everyone just believe what they'd been told?"
And that is how you teach kids how easy it is to divide a community.
Keep being welcoming, beautiful people. Shunning, scapegoating and dividing destroy far more than they protect.
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The day has come and gone. Yes, that day, Christmas. We had a wonderful day. Pretty simple, but still filling. A little running with the hubs, a little cooking, a lot of eating, a little
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“The doctor was never taught in medical school how to take care of an immune system, so what you end up with is a whole society, from start to finish, that doesn’t know how an immune system works, that doesn’t know how to take care of it, does not know how to replenish the nutrients and minerals that are needed, when it fails, it’s God’s fault. We need a vaccine. They think Mother Nature is flawed.”
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I actually met a real life flat earther the other day. I'm a bartender and they were at my bar, as a customer.
I laughed out loud, thinking it was a joke. Then, I saw that she was serious. I had to chill, she's a customer.
But, I couldn't help myself and launched into so super obvious examples. We politely changed the subject. But, fucking wow. It was like seeing a bigfoot.
These people actually exist. For real. In real life. It is actually as fascinating as it is sad.
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