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Invisible Fan · Jan 23, 2003

Originally posted by Mrs. JB
Ugh. This makes me think of a social studies teacher I had in 7th grade. He had a little "game" he liked to play with his classes every year to teach them what it might have felt like to be oppressed as the Jews were during the WWII era.

One day my teacher, with no explanation to us whatsoever, picked about half the kids in the class and told them they were special and would be known as the "star people." He gave them badges to wear that identified them. They were given special privledges, they got to do extra credit assignments and they got free candy at lunch time. There were posters all over the classroom that extolled the virtues of the "star people". The rest of us non-star people were made to feel pretty inferior.

The rest of us had no idea what was going on or why -- we just knew we were pissed. After about a week of this crap, we non-star people banded together and formed our own "resistance movement". We called ourselves the "planet people" and made our own badges. We brought our own candy with us to share amongst ourselves and began helping each other with our assignments so we could all get better grades. And for added emphasis we began vandalizing the "star people" posters and hanging up our own "planet people" posters all over the school. We also began leaving little threatening letters about the star people in various places in the classroom. In fact, the tension escalated to such a degree that the teacher actually ended the game long before he had planned to. He was afraid of what we planet people might do next.

He then, finally, explained to us what the simulation was supposed to be and why he had done it. He then told us that in all the years he had done it (15+) no one else had formed any type of resistance movement or counter-group. In fact, it had so surprised and upset him, he didn't think he'd be doing the game with any future classes. Once I found out that we had been unwitting guinea pigs in his experiment, I was very proud of the fact we screwed everything up for him. He deserved it.
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That's like a really bad Jane Elliot experiement gone wrong.

The whole Nazi thing is idiotic just like those ghetto parties at A&M during MLK day. It's scary of the things we take for granted and how easily we can forget or not care.

Jeff · Jan 23, 2003

Every time I hear that story from Mrs JB, I smile. It kills me how creatively smart she was at such a young age. Just ask her about the bar of soap she threatened to send the people of Great Britain for criticisms leveled against Duran Duran in a British magazine.

She's just as sneaky and clever today as she was then.

ROXRAN · Jan 23, 2003

Originally posted by Jeff
Every time I hear that story from Mrs JB, I smile. It kills me how creatively smart she was at such a young age. Just ask her about the bar of soap she threatened to send the people of Great Britain for criticisms leveled against Duran Duran in a British magazine.

She's just as sneaky and clever today as she was then.
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ahhh, true love!...

Cohen · Jan 24, 2003

Originally posted by ROXRAN
ahhh, true love!...
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ROXRAN,

I'm sure she appreciates that but she's married....

Cohen · Jan 24, 2003

Oski2005 · Jan 24, 2003

Star people. Planet people. What about the flower people???

"Listen to what the flower people say
Aahhh-
Listen, it's getting louder every day
Listen, it's like a bolt out of the blue
Aahhh-
Listen, it could be calling now for you

Chorus:
Flower people walk on by
Flower people don't you cry, it's not too late
It's not too late

Listen, it's like a Mozart symphony
Listen, it's something just for you and me
Listen, to what the flower people say
Aahhh- listen
It's getting truer every day
Aahhh."

Ok,first there's the ghetto party, now there's Nazi Tag, anybody care to wager what's next? I'm taking bets and my money is on native american scalp hunting becoming a professional sport.

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