Soapbox #1--I was making supper a few weeks ago and Landon was watching "A.N.T. Farm". I was not really paying attention to what was going on in the episode, it was just "background noise". But, a line from the show broke my concentration and made me MAD!! The episode was centering on the plot that the school intended to do a production of "Grease" but were unable to get the rights. So they had to come up with an alternate play. They tossed a few ideas around, including approaching the teacher. He said "If I could write a play, do you think I would be a teacher?" Ok, I getcha, a little self-deprecating humor. Then later on in the episode, the students needed a word spelled (or something trivial) and the teacher said "If I could spell words, do you think I would be a teacher?" Ask my kids, I was ticked!! What in the world kind of agenda do we have going on here? Don't we want to encourage our kids to respect their teachers? I could see (I guess) if this show was written by CHILDREN, but it's not! And the fact that I have 2 daughters in college, both getting degrees in education, only adds to my anger. I want my children to be respected by the people they have prepared themselves to teach!!!
Soapbox #2--"GCB"...Good Christian Bitches or Good Christian Belles...I think we all know which one will get the most publicity. Last night, we watched a simulcast of a video called "Love Costs Everything" and the statistics prove that Christians are the most persecuted group on the planet. People in places like Iraq, Colombia and India are giving their lives for Christ and for His cause. I read an article about "GCB" and it said it's just some good-natured, self-deprecating humor by Christians themselves. I've heard Kristen Chenowith is a Christian (I like her so nothing against her). But the ones involved in this really should be ashamed of themselves for making fun of Christians or Christianity. Yes, of course, we're known in America as being pious and loving our potlucks...but do we have to capitalize on that? Is that the best way to get attention as a follower of Christ? It makes me ashamed that many Christians are terrified in their homes and towns because of the stand they are making on Christ's behalf; while all we seem to want as Americans is to get a good "yoink yoink" at our own expense. :(
Ok, I'm done now. I think I need a nap.
