Kirk, No offense taken! You actually touch on something that I agree with, "all education is an experiment." I could rant about that, too.
That being said, two wrongs don't make a right. I'd just as soon that education were more evidenced-based AND that TM not be taught in public schools. J. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <kirk_bernha...@...> wrote: > > No offense John, but education is a myth. It works for a few. All education > is an experiment. If you look at the WORKS of the educated then you know > their education was an experiment in how to step in dogshit. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John M. Knapp, LMSW" <jmknap...@...> > To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 6:26 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert > to Push TM in Public Schools > > > > To be honest, I don't know if a nonreligious form of TM would be good for > > kids or not. Basically, what David Lynch, with inspiration from the late > > Maharishi, is proposing is large-scale psychological experimentation on > > school kids. > > > > I'm not aware of substantive research on the long-term effects of > > meditation on children. I imagine some will have abreactions, just as some > > adults do. > > > > Just as I think drugs with negative side-effects need to regulated and > > monitored, but may be taken safely by most people, it seems to me that > > many people enjoy their TM -- while a significant minority have problems > > such as depression, anxiety, dissociation, involuntary tics, etc. > > > > I'd sure be more comfortable if researchers would stick to experimenting > > on monkeys and leave the kids alone. > > > > J. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <babajii_99@> wrote: > >> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John M. Knapp, LMSW" <jmknapp53@> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > The upcoming McCartney/Lynch Concert to benefit the David Lynch > >> > Foundation will raise funds to teach Transcendental Meditation in the > >> > public schools. > >> > > >> > Many critics feel this is a clear Church/State violation because of the > >> > religious trappings of Transcendental Meditation. > >> > > >> > A group of critics -- including James Randi, Barry Markovsky, Meera > >> > Nanda, Andrew Skolnick, myself, and others -- have organized a free web > >> > event to discuss this controversy. You may be interested in attending. > >> > > >> > You can find the details at > >> > http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html > >> > <http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html> > >> > > >> Since the ruling on TM, back in the late '70's, I can see our school > >> system has really improved in so many ways... > >> Do you really think that practicing TM in schools would be a bad thing? > >> Do you think that ruling did anything to improve the quality of education > >> or the quality of anything? > >> R.G. > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
