Guest guest Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 In a message dated 6/3/2006 2:24:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dan330033 writes: > Nisargadatta , epston wrote: > > > >L.E: Dan. Thanks for your agreement. But I spend many days in > kindergarten, > >and I think you are mistaken about what is learned and taught there. > I know > >there is a funny and perceptive book about it, but it isn't very true. > >What I see in kindergarten are all the adult problems in infant > form. They > >hit, they push, they shove, they take things away from each other. > They run > >around when told not to, they won't sit down when told to sit down. > They keep > >talking and won't be quiet, are rude and impolite. > >That is, most of them, many of them. The number varies from class > to class. > >All the crappy stuff that exists in adults is already in progress at > age five > >and six. It can be quite terrible and exhausting. I sometimes > shout, yell > >and scream trying to control the struggling mob, trying to teach > them to read or > >count or even talk to each other. > > > >Larry Epston > > I learned it in kindergarten. > > But that doesn't mean I *learned* it. > > So, one has the rest of one's life ... > > And how long is that? > > Ask a man or woman gasping for the last breath ... > > -- Dan > L.E: It would be perhaps more accurate to say, the teacher tried to teach you this in kindergarten and failed, so you have the rest of your life to try to get it, and if you die before you learn it, too bad for you. Meanwhile, in the years they live, they continue to push, to shove, to take things away from others, to argue, compete, yell and scream and fight over who is to be paper monitor and line leader, or who gets to take the ball out for recess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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