Bakers Dozen

Little_Nemo · August 30, 2017, 5:26pm

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling

astorian · August 30, 2017, 6:50pm

It didn’t “turn out” badly. I just got a semi-friendly warning.

What happened is… first ,bear in mind that I am not teaching at a private or religious school. I teach at a large, affluent public high school where religion is a private matter (no school prayers, no Bible reading in class, nothing like that). This is not a stereotypical Deep South Bible Belt school- it’s a well-to-do suburb of Austin.

I teach a World History course. In my first day, I had a Powerpoint presentation covering roughly 3 million years of human evolution. I mentioned casually, “If you go to a church that says the Earth is 5000 years old and was created in 6 days, well, that’s the right answer in Sunday School, but it’s wrong here.”

Apparently, a student told his parents I was a heathen mocking the Bible in class, and the front office got an angry call.

I was advised to be careful and to be moderate in my tone. I can do that, of course, but since I happen to know I’m one of the only Christian Republicans on the faculty, I was astonished at being the only one cited for being anti-Christian!

Dendarii_Dame · August 30, 2017, 7:04pm

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden

Knowed_Out · August 30, 2017, 7:14pm

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden
Any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett

Knowed_Out · August 30, 2017, 7:17pm

That’s the part that surprised me. Too bad it’s too late for me to make the change upthread.

Thin_Ice · August 30, 2017, 8:00pm

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden
Any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett
The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt

Elendil_s_Heir · August 30, 2017, 9:05pm

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden
Any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett
The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin

Prof.Pepperwinkle · August 30, 2017, 9:27pm

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden
Any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett
The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers

jtur88 · August 30, 2017, 10:16pm

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden
Any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett
The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, by James Agee

Little_Nemo · August 31, 2017, 12:19am

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden
Any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett
The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, by James Agee
Kahawa by Donald Westlake

gkster · August 31, 2017, 5:34am

A book you’ve read several times because you really like it:

IT by Stephen King
Aztec by Gary Jennings
A Night In The Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden
Any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett
The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, by James Agee
Kahawa by Donald Westlake
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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