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The student went on to compare the American celebration of Christmas with racism and anti-Semitism, stating that "America is not a Christian Country." Unfortunately, these concerns did not promote further discussion of race relations among the students in attendance.
Sometime around the seventh grade, many American students are introduced to the tale of 10 blind men inspecting an elephant. When each blind man reaches different conclusions about the creature, the students are invited to consider whether truth is absolute or lies in the eye of the beholder. College professors...
The typical well-run charity spends 25 cents of each dollar on fund raising and administration, 75 cents for good works. These are not unreasonable amounts, but they compare unfavorably to the cost of raising money through taxes and delivering social services through the government. Although Aramony's excesses were...
Given this tense atmosphere of sexual confusion, it's no wonder that students compare themselves to the character in T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock who hysterically asks, "Do I dare to eat a peach?"
When asked to compare PIL's success in America to that in England, McGeoch speculates that the band's "main audience is in America."