Journal Shadow Wrought's Journal: *sigh* 8
Some things, I simply cannot wrap my head around.
My mom was working as a school librarian when Harry Potter first came out. The amount of kids who read after it came out was incredibly larger than those who read before it came out. In other words, HP really did re-invigorate reading for thousands of children. Isn't that a Cultural accomplishment worth rewarding? Oh, right, children not reading is preferable to them reading about witches and wizards.
Do we really have to wonder why our education system is in the crapper?
My mom was working as a school librarian when Harry Potter first came out. The amount of kids who read after it came out was incredibly larger than those who read before it came out. In other words, HP really did re-invigorate reading for thousands of children. Isn't that a Cultural accomplishment worth rewarding? Oh, right, children not reading is preferable to them reading about witches and wizards.
Do we really have to wonder why our education system is in the crapper?
I just had to laugh (Score:2)
It's especially hilarious considering the way the series wrapped up.
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I thought, with the huge time jump between the last two chapters in the series, either "Worst ending ever" or "Ok, she's setting herself up, ala George Lucas, to write 20 years worth of stories to fill in the gap". I'm still not sure which.
Hopefully... (Score:2)
Obama will give her her medal even though I don't think it's necessary, if for no other reason than it will piss off people who think the same way.
Imagine a future of Sinlessness (Score:1)
If people spent more time reading the Bible and less time reading fantasy books the world would be much more religious.
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Actually, surveys show that most "true believers" have never read the whole thing ... its really funny to hear them say things like "marriages are made in heaven" when the bible teaches the exact opposite - that there is NO marriage in heaven, or "god helps those who help themselves" (one smart-ass tried to worm his way out of a theft charge by using that one, and the judge tossed him a bible and said "If you can find it in there, you can leave!"), or "they didn't have wine with real alcohol back then" whe
Hmm. (Score:1, Insightful)
Here we go again. Some wing nut rallies against homosexuality and then a few weeks later what do you know; he's got a gay lover. Obviously these people are just closet witches.
Some of this crazy stuff catches me a bit off guard to be honest. I don't really follow politics that much; have the lunatics become more brash in recent years or have they always been like this? All this "tea party" junk makes my dick hard.