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Originally posted by Cairo
As for the students...stop "social promotion" if they failed, flunk 'em!!!! Bad parents who raise bad children won't get involved unless their child is held back a grade.

Unfortunately for the most part the only involvement of the parents is to complain that the child is being held back ... without addressing or even understanding the reasons for this.

(Darnit ... there we go heading off track again)

Attempt to redeem myself here ... One thing that I personally think keeps getting people into difficulty is the promotion of religion over spirituality.

Religion is about doctrine and dogma and the things that people tend to get upset over ... my god is better than your god (or my conception/interpretation of the nature of god) seems to be a central theme.

Spirituality is in part the expression of a religious belief, but is more of a personal, experiential mode of thought.

Wars have been fought over religion time and time again. (consider ... today's terrorist actions in some ways are a continuation of the Crusades ...), but I can't offhand think of one fought over spirituality ...

Am I making ANY sense, or am I just suffering from sleep deprivation at this point?