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fandomhigh2010-04-12 09:44 am
tyler_gone) wrote in fandomhigh2010-04-12 09:44 am
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Build Your Own Philosophy, Period 2, 4/12/10
An eight-year-old boy stood in front of the classroom today, as Tyler sat at his desk with a look that was half amusement and half terror on his face.
"Hey, I'm Miles," the boy said. "So I kept coming up with really cool ideas for classes, and Dad kept saying he was teaching philosophy, not science, so we can't make stuff blow up or build anything. And I said that was really boring, and he said too bad. And then I asked if I could teach if I came up with the class discussion topic. And he said sure, 'cause he didn't think I could."
"So I asked if God could make a sandwich so big he couldn't eat it. And he said that was something called the --" Forgetting the phrase, he looked to Tyler for guidance.
"Omnipotence paradox," Tyler supplied,passing around a handout. "We're going back to our discussions of God to talk about the omnipotence paradox."
"Right," Miles agreed. "Ommip'tence pair-docks. And I said that was still gonna be boring, and he said it was my idea and we were doing it." He gestured to the back of the room. "He let me bring my invisible ink kit, too, if anybody wants to do that instead."
"Hey, I'm Miles," the boy said. "So I kept coming up with really cool ideas for classes, and Dad kept saying he was teaching philosophy, not science, so we can't make stuff blow up or build anything. And I said that was really boring, and he said too bad. And then I asked if I could teach if I came up with the class discussion topic. And he said sure, 'cause he didn't think I could."
"So I asked if God could make a sandwich so big he couldn't eat it. And he said that was something called the --" Forgetting the phrase, he looked to Tyler for guidance.
"Omnipotence paradox," Tyler supplied,passing around a handout. "We're going back to our discussions of God to talk about the omnipotence paradox."
"Right," Miles agreed. "Ommip'tence pair-docks. And I said that was still gonna be boring, and he said it was my idea and we were doing it." He gestured to the back of the room. "He let me bring my invisible ink kit, too, if anybody wants to do that instead."
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