Using that as an excuse to expand this a bit…
Charter schools aren’t the only places denied access to decent textbooks.
https://twitter.com/just_darrin/status/1002411062946193408?s=21
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Of course parents are legally allowed to indoctrinate their kids pretty much however they wish. In many cases that’s fortunately not a problem but some kids just have really bad luck when it comes to their parents’ religious views.
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All that’s telling me is that I never need to get off the interstate in Virginia, except maybe to go to DC or perhaps Virginia Beach.
Although I suppose that could be campy good, fun?
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How else could you take it? Seriously that is just absurd enough I would totes go see that if I was passing through the area.
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Yeah, on second glance, it seems more like absurdist humor than anything else.
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You might find this interesting:
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Yeah, basically the creator had built a roadside attraction of fiberglass dinosaurs that burned down, and when he rebuilt it he decided to just indulge his every wacky whim and create a whole insane storyline about Stonewall Jackson faking his death and getting a bionic arm to fight armored Yankee dinosaurs. Now I dunno about you, but fiberglass dinosaurs, I could take or leave. Armored battle-dinos eating the Gettysburg Address and battling the Rebels? That’s so bonkers that I want to drive to Virginia to see it.
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Yeah, again, the more you guys describe, the more I’m in. Very much in the vein of American wacky roadside attractions.
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The circumstances of the fire are interesting, probably involving someone who believes in what these fundie textbooks teach.
On April 9, 2001, a midnight fire destroyed Cline’s Enchanted Castle. While he watched it burn, he opened his roadside mailbox and found a handwritten note. It began, “In the name of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit” and ended, “Fire represents God’s judgment. Behold – The Judge is standing at the door.”
The whole story is interesting:
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My (used) copy of The Kingdom of God Is Within You is stamped “TDCJ Approved,” for what that’s worth.
(If I had to guess, whoever approved it may not have gone any farther than the title.)
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Went to an ACE school for four years of elementary. We worked on solidary cubicles. Not a joke. Was a year behind in math by 5th grade. Can’t believe it’s still legal education material.
Yesterday I added that to my reading list for the near future.
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