Friday, June 6, 2008

Reply to the two Art articles

Shokief Dillon

I honestly read them both and I'm going to reply to them both at one time because the first article about teaching one how to read art was like something you needed to know before you read the article about the lawsuit. I know allot of views may seem a tad bit extreme but these are the things I believe.

First of all I think that the teachers were right to tell him that it is not appropriate to have the religious pictures in school. Remember this one important fact forever and always, there is supposed to always be a separation of church and state. That's how it was written in the constitution and that's how things should stay. Because without that separation there would always be someone getting offended by someone else's religion and that would just be one huge distraction from the learning enviorment.

Second, I truly don't think the images they referred to were "demonic", but just things in his religion known for "evil" or just dark nature. Like the first article said you have to be respectful towards all art not just your own. So if you are going to judge some one else's imagine how yours looks in their eyes. Always be open minded to everything because the beginning is a closed mind and the end is complete ignorance.




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1 comment:

dd adams said...

you were the only one to defend the teacher in this case, and i would have loved to see you explore your reasons for doing so and the complexities of the relationship between church and state, or the public and private sectors, a little further.

"the beginning is a closed mind and the end is complete ignorance"

i like it.