--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Not many times, but enough, I was a substitute teacher at MSAE, and I never > had a classroom do group meditation in any manner that even remotely looks > like "quiet time." > > I don't know if they've finally "fixed this" at MSAE, but when I was there, > kids would be fucking off all during group meditation -- to the point of > laughing aloud, never closing their eyes, tossing notes to each other, > speaking to each other, and being haughty about it when I made eye contact > with them to "brow beat them into closing their eyes." > > Yeah, I was the substitute and kids like to misbehave when a sub is there, > but, still, if that's how they act when "no one important is looking," then > that's a strong measurement of MSAE's inability to inculcate a reverence for > TM...or that a reverence naturally bubbles up eventually in the kids. And > don't miss that all the rich folks never send their kids to MUM for college. > > In the public schools, believe me, any TM teacher is going to be a substitute > to them, and quiet time will be only as quiet as you can get a room with > twenty spitballs whizzing constantly. > > It'll be war. >
You may have a point, but in fact, it iss the local school teachers conducting the quiet time as far as I know, and part of the "contract" to attend is that the kids be quiet during that time. L
