dannyshine

Court experience

2009-11-06T02:39:00.000-08:00

I had my first court experience this week.

In September I received a bill for £625. this was after I was fould guilty in court in my absence for failing to supply information as to the driver of a vehicle registered in my name which was caught speeding.

Now as far as I know it is not a legal requirement to open my post. So I dont open any letters that come form the police or might do so. (You can try this one yourself) As it happens my wife opened the final one with the £625 bill. So I called the court. I mean how ridiculous that a court can find you guiltyt in your abence even though they had ZERO correspondence from me and they hadnt even sent a registered letter ! These type of things bring up questions in me and perhaps in you.

So they told me I can go to court and make a statutory declaration. I get there. Its a bizzarre experience (One that I recommend you to ttry even if it is just to observe.) Now i have read and heard stuff about the freeman movement (if you havent go to www.tpuc.org and see john harris vids) but i havent relaly understood it all to the level of use at the court. But when I went I just got the feeling that its all very dodgy. it presents a facade of justice but it is very far from that. it FEELS like its all a set up. I felt very intimidated by it all. The majistrates sit above you and yo uhave to stand. I made my first 'mistake' by agreeing to go in the 'dock' but as I was there to make a stat dec, i did so anyway. I got out my mobile phone and told them I was recording it. The clerk got very shirty and told me I was not allowed. (As with the police, these clerks fallinto a certain bad father like role in which they assume they can order you around. THey seem to have lost their humanity) I said under which law exactly. He said he would have to take a 10 minute recess to check which he did. He was delighted with himself when he found the ridiculous statue (one of HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS which is ridiculous when you think that they claim that ignorance is no defense in the law) but said I could ask special leave but that if I published it , it would be contempt of court ! They agreed I could tape it on this basis but what on earth are they hiding ?
Anyway , they then said 'All stand' as the majistrates entered and I sat and said I didnt want to stand. They said that I had to or it would be contempt of court. SO i agreed but I realise that i coudl probably have taken it further. Evetually i made my declaration but I decided to hang around to hear the next case.
It was a 65 year old woman who had owed £4000 council tax since 2003 but had paid off 3500. The councils solicitor must have been carefully employed by the council because he was a soulless robot. I almost fell over when this woman told us her story. She had cancer, had just had part ofher lung removed and could hardly speak, her husband died in January and her mother died last year ! Yet the way these proceedings were going, it was as if the solicitor just didnt care. I didnt think of it at the time but I should have shouted out - I will pay for it if you guys are solacking in compassion. They agreeed that she could pay £30 a month which she could ill afford. I am sure that this case cost us and the coucil much more than the £500 she owed. To top it all they had given her a 28 day suspended sentence !!

What I am left with is more and more of a feeling that there is something very very fishy going on in these courts which has been uncovered by the freedom movement. If you do your hoework, you can find out how it all works and avoid letting them bully you.

leaflets for your use - updated !

2009-10-05T08:08:00.000-07:00

Many people have been inspired by our megaphone vids but dont feel confident to go out there with a megaphone. So i have created a leaflet template for you to steal adn change to give out to people. You could stand on a street corner giving them out. Personally I prefer this type of information than the '911 was an inside job' type because i think that type of stuff is telling people what to think and can be very offputting for some.

Your feedback is always welcome.

I have two shorter version for you
** I have also thanks to mehevin found out how to get a folder together and to put them in editable forms - in word doc format so you can play around with them . Unfortunately they dont keep the column format. You have to do that with word. Cant remember how i did that !

SHORTEST...

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_mH7QaQXso3MTgwODhiNGQtNTFiMy00YWQ4LTk3NmUtYmIwYzlmMWJhM2Zj&hl=en

SHORTER VERSION

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_mH7QaQXso3MjBjZjE2NTgtMmQyZS00YzliLWJlODUtNDJiYWIyNGI4M2Ri&hl=en

OLDER LONGER version...

http://docs.google.com
/fileview?id=0B_mH7QaQXso3MmQxZjViOTctNWRmYS00NWI5LWJmYzgtOTdmZmNkNzcxZTlh&hl=en

http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_mH7QaQXso3M2I5NDFmMGYtNWQxZS00YzBkLTllZjgtOGJlNzYzOTUxODA5&hl=en

The videos and the silence

2009-08-12T01:31:00.000-07:00

Dear beloved friends and readers

I said on youtube comment that I would write a bit more about what is going on personally. I have ‘met’ many wonderful people through this youtube channel and its beautiful to know there are so many who are waking up to the madness.

I will repeat some of the stuff I wrote on the channel and add to it.

In July I was diagnosed with nodules on my vocal chords. I believe that this was co-created by me and I take responsibility in doing that. I think it came from shouting on the streets (which is an abuse of the voice) and then going to my gigs and singing.

On a physical level, this means that I have to remain virtually silent for the next few weeks, possibly months. On a spiritual level, it is very interesting that I have co-created this reality. Especially as both my hobby (speaking in public, making the vids etc) and my profession (singing) are dependent on my voice !

I feel that I have been forced (by myself and life) to look inside more; to evaluate where I am at. What I do on the streets is a very external process and for me it is so much easier to look outwards than to look within at the cobwebs and addictions that seem so ingrained.

As we are creatures of habit, it is natural that we do things, (jobs, hobbies, behaviours) over and over again and stop questioning them, especially if they give us a buzz. That is my experience with the street stuff. And to top it all, we get all these beautiful comments, encouraging us to continue.

I have now been almost silent for 10 days. It is very challenging. At times it is wonderful and powerful, at others it is excruciatingly frustrating, especially when I am left looking after our 2 year old and he is asking me for something and I cant respond. A lot of feelings are coming up and my usual response would be to use addictions to dumb them down. For me a primary addiction is food. I think to some extent a very high percentage of us in the west use food to dumb down feelings. The food we eat is full of addictive substances (sugar, salt, oily foods) which literally bring down the level of vibration of thought. I am having little bit of success on some days where I attempt to eat mainly raw food and attempt to avoid eating after 7 pm. So when I manage this I am left with this hollowness which is perhaps the meeting with myself.

I am asking myself , what is it that these addictions (Another addiction is computer, email and internet use which is very hard to break) are masking ? Why do I need to do/be/have in order for the addictions to fade away ? What gap are they filling ?

I am also asking myself ‘What am I doing these videos for ?’ What do I really want for them ?

The process I use is meditation. I sit quietly, with my eyes closed and put out the questions to the universe so to speak and then sit for however long and see what comes up. I am still in the process of creating space for answers to arise.

As regards making these videos, at times I feel afraid. I am not even sure there is such a thing as a new World Order. I am not sure how much of these ‘conspiracies’ are accurate. (My therapist said recently that we are all ‘conspiring’ to do things all the time!) I am not sure of very much at all. What I do find is that any belief I cling on to seems to get blown out of the water eventually. But if we assume that there is an evil bunch of people at the top who will stop at nothing in order to gain total control over us, then it makes me wonder how wise it is to do what I do ? Its not as if Charlie and I are going to stop the New World Order !! And they have my details and I am on their Goddamn Database. I know already that I am down as a troublemaker. So I feel I am putting myself ‘at risk.’ Although I am not sure what risk.

A therapist friend once told me that he had rarely met someone who was more afraid of death than me. Quite a compliment (with friends like this…) I sometimes wonder about fear of death in relation to this anti new world order movement. It seems that many in this loose movement seem afraid of death. What is the worst thing the PTB can do ? Lock me up ? Kill me ?

Then there come the deeper questions ? Who am I ? Is there really an ‘I’ at all ? Have we been brainwashed to be separate beings when we are really part of the oneness ?

To be continued….

Everything is OK 6: The Royal Edition (1 of 2)

2009-07-10T03:26:00.001-07:00

perception and the minds tricks

2009-07-09T03:08:00.001-07:00

Everything is OK 5 - Child Soldiers

2009-06-30T22:53:00.001-07:00

EVERYTHING IS OK 4 (Corporate Requiem)

2009-06-24T09:33:00.001-07:00

Shopping for CCTV (1 of 2)

2009-06-07T17:46:00.001-07:00

have fun

Shopping for CCTV (2 of 2)

2009-06-07T17:45:00.001-07:00

Everything is OK 3 (Camden Stories)

2009-06-07T17:44:00.003-07:00

enjoy

Fish Liberation (The Battle for Swear Words)

2009-06-07T17:44:00.001-07:00

enjoy

EVERYTHING IS OK (in London)

2009-06-05T14:20:00.005-07:00

enjoy !

EVERYTHING IS OK 2 - The Hunt for Terror

2009-06-05T14:20:00.001-07:00

Swine flu

2009-05-01T02:48:00.001-07:00

I am not sure who's more intelligent - the swine or the people who just believe the swine flu story !
It is so ridiculous that the guys who made it up must be dying from laughter. I wonder whats up theri sleeves next ?!
It all seems to me to be based on the same meta-physical/psychological trick - i.e. self fulfilling prophecy. In other words, someone/group (who ? its up to you to find out) puts a message out into the media. They then sit back and let the sheeple do the rest and then it becomes reality (all be it a false one)
In yesterdays metro (I didnt get it but my brohter saw it) it said that 94,000 Londoners may die this flu and (I kid you not) 4113 people in Barnet !! I wondered if they have figures in my road and perhaps even the names so I can be prepared ! How can so called intelligent people allow this BS to be printed and distributed ? What is really going on ?
What are the assumptions behind the story as reported and what are they NOT wanting us to think about ! Well - the headline in the Evenign Standard (which owns the metro) 3 days ago was 'First person Outside mexico dies form Bird Flu' This massive front page headline is so fraught with problems , I wouldnt really know where to begin ! Firstly, as it has only just happened, how do we know that they died form fluy and not from soemthing else ? Secondly, by putting it on the front page, there is an implication that it is extraordinary ! But is it ? Dont people die fo flu every year by the thousands !! And what about the 25,000 Africans who die of starvation every day ? W eknow where they are and we know what to do and we even have the food for them - we just throw it away instead to keep the prices up !!
And behind all of this is a shadow controlling group who continue their insane policies whilst we argue and swine flu ! So i have fallen into their trap by writing this !

The G20 Puppet Show

2009-04-02T16:10:00.000-07:00

So my claim to fame is 15 seconds on Newsnight at the time of the G20 meeting. When I watched it, it became even clearer to me that the news, including Newsnight, is so insane, it is astounding that intelligent people take it seriously. To me, it seems literally like 1984. The news trivialises major issues into sound bites so that nobody ever does any serious research into anything.

But lets talk about the protest and the meeting. For a start, instead of spending TENS of millions of pounds getting these puppets together for a nice Jamie Oliver meal, why could they have not simply had a video conference ?

I’ll tell you why. This may be how it works. (I say maybe because time and time again I have been proven wrong. Why assume that this is not mistaken too ?) I must say, as I write this, I am overcome with a sense of WOW ! This trick that those at the top are playing is stunning. It is pure genius.
They have this summit because it keeps the sheeple busy. It focuses their minds away form the REAL controllers and keeps them angry at the puppets ! Come on – that is pretty damn clever ! And whilst people protest and watch the news, the real culprits just carry pon what they are doing which is owning more and more and controlling more and more.
So the politicians are the stupid ones who are visible (They may be very ‘intelligent’ intellectually but emotionally, most of them are primitive. They need to be otherwise they wouldn’t be able to cope with the pain of realising how much suffering they create. They are chosen because those above them (and there is a pyramid of people above them) know that they are the type of people who crave attention , positive or negative (this they learn t when they were kids like so many of us did. And like so many of us , myself included, they haven’t healed form their childhood) They come together at this G20 meeting under the grand illusion that they are in control. Obama, Brown , Sarkosy and the other puppets truly believe that they are controlling things. The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is a nice , fluffy and intelligent puppet. But the strings are still there. Think about it. Anyone who is a parent like myself, knows that children as young as 2 years old, can manipulate us adults no end. They can push our buttons and turn US into toddlers. Unless we do rigorous and continuous self exploration via therapy or similar, we will continue to be controlled by our subconscious minds which are open to all sorts of manipulation. So take the obvious next level up – i.e. the Corporations. Imagine that you are the CEO of Shell Oil. You have Billions in your budget. Don’t you think you would spend lots of it planning ways to influence world leaders ? You would actually be negligent if you did NOT do that ! Just because they have stopped the OBVIOUS corruption, doesn’t mean that corporations wont try ANYTHING to get politicians on side ? In fact they don’t need Yachts or holidays. A bit of NLP will do the trick ! (If you don’t know what that is, google it – its important you know because it’s part of the psychological tactics used to control your mind too)
So these guys at the G20 really believe they are in control. When Sarkosy threatens to walk out, he is completely deluded into thinking that his presence makes the blindest bit of difference ! It would be about as meaningful if you or I threatened to walk out ! And so all the protestors are just upholding the illusion. The grand illusion that the police are in control, that the Government is in control. But clearly , the police are not in control. Today, my second day hanging around the protest, I saw policemen behaving like complete animals (not all of them by any means) . The main point is that they were ‘just taking orders’ The overwhelming majority of them only do this job because it earns them money. If they didn’t need the money , most of them would be out of there. Because their main job is no longer to protect us – the people – its to protect the Corporations. (Today I went first to Canary Warf as I had heard there would be a gathering there. I was turned away because I had a poster which said ‘everything is ok.’ When I asked what power they had, they said ‘This is private property !!’ I said ‘ can I just go over there then?’ they said – no its 93 acres of private property !! so who are they protecting and who are they bullying ?) But they are not in control. Far from it. They are simply taking orders. And that goes right to the top – the police take orders from the government. And the government take orders from the Corporations although it’s a bit more subtle than police orders. And the next level is that people who own Corporations – the small book of bankers who own the federal reserve bank . And it even goes higher than that, but that is usually where people lose interest so I’ll leave that for the moment.

So when people protest and ask the politicians for things, and get angry at the police, all it does is feed the illusion and delusion these people (most of whom have completely lost touch with their souls) have been tricked into believing. That is that they are Governing and controlling as opposed to BEING governed and controlled.

We are being duped tricked and deceived in such a profound manner, it is truly remarkable. This deception has been developed with full intention over many years (thousands some would say) by those who knew and know how to control and manipulate the human mind. (If you don’t think that the human mind is controllable and open to serious manipulation, explain to me why there are Professors who can believe ridiculous fundamentalist understandings of religion ? ) This trick is slowly being uncovered and personally, even though I am one of the lucky ones in this Capitalist nightmare, I do hope that the exposure will come soon and cause Capitalism to fold. That may sound radical but think of it from the point of view of the 2 billion poor people in the world ? From the point of view of the 10 billion animals killed every year just in the US alone for food ? From the point of view land in the Amazon ? From the point of view of the fish in the sea ? From the point of view of people in the West who have little or nothing ? Actually , even from my own point of view, do I really want my children to live in a world where we are cut off from our connection with nature ? Where we are controlled more and more by police and government ? Where children are forced to learn stuff they don’t need to learn so that they can be made into good little consumers ?

The Bank of England are taking the mickey

2009-04-02T15:37:00.001-07:00

As I will explain in another blog, protesting the G20 is a classic mistake. It just reinforces the illusion of control. It sinks the police and government deeper into the illusion that they are in control when nothing could be further from the truth. So if you want to do something to express your concern for the insanity that is cloaked in Capitalism (if you don’t know what I mean, there is truly no hope for you !) then try doing what I did. Imagine if thousands of people did this.

I went into the Bank of England the day before the G20 meeting and went to the till and asked them to fullfill their promise. The majority of people don’t even bother to look at whats on the notes that control them (If you want to know whether you are controlled by money, ask yourself a simple question – would you spend the majority of your day doing what you do if you didn’t need the money and weren’t paid for it ?) So do you know what is written ? It says ‘I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of twenty pounds’ This is a complete joke. It is a totally empty promise which is basically taking the rip out of all of us by telling us in no uncertain terms that this is simply a coloured piece of worthless paper. So I went into the bank and said ‘I am the bearer and I demand that you keep your promise to pay me the sum of twenty pounds ! They looked at me as if I was mad and said ‘but that IS twenty pounds.’ I said ‘No it isn’t – it’s a piece of purple paper with a promise on it ! Now pay up ! They said ‘Well how do you want us to pay it ? In what ?’ I said ‘Well you made the promise – tell me what you are offering ?’ They suggested four 5 pound notes ! I said that would just mean my returning 4 times with the same demand ! I said ‘I know – it is after all 20 pounds STERLING ! I’ll take it in silver ! They said ‘Sure – we can give you it in 50p coins ! I replied ‘No no no ! Unless these coins are made of sterling silver.’ At this stage there was a little gathering behind the tills after which they then demanded that I fill in a form with my name and address on ! But I am only changing a £20 note – whats all this about ?’Money laundering ‘ they said. You don’t need MY name and address – just get the banksters at the top – they are laundering money big time ! At this stage I had to go home and look after the kids. Next time, I will demand to see the manager and perhaps take a policeman with me and report this as a blatant fraud ? Lawyers in the house ? Over to you !

This is breath taking (for me)

2009-02-26T22:06:00.001-08:00

The Magnificent Deception

Dear Friends and Readers

This is the most significant blog entry I have written to date. Up until now, what I have come up with has been cute and perhaps dare I say , occasionally profound. However, my latest discovery which has appeared in my life in the past 2 weeks has taken me by surprise.

As some of you know I have been blogging for a couple of years and been doing video blogs. Someone in Australia ‘chanced’ upon my blog, 2 weeks ago and mentioned that I had probably read about Mary Elizabeth Croft and Robert Menard. I hadn’t so I looked them up. The rest is history……

I feel blessed in many ways. One of those ways is that I find I very easy to fall and stay asleep. When its hard for me to do so, it is a sign that a big shift in my life is occurring. The past couple of nights, I have been unable to sleep. I feel that I have entered a new phase in my life !

I feel that our precious and beautiful planet, which is actually full of precious and divine beings, including human beings, is about to enter a new phase too. Of course it has been entering a new phase for some time now. More and more people know in their bones that something has to change. And that this change needs to be fundamental and not surface. Politicians are not asking the right questions. They are not asking ‘What is our purpose on this planet ? The reason for this is that they are doign something completely different than we think they are. More later.

Time, they tell us, is an illusion. I am reading a book at the moment which is called ‘making time’ and it is about how time can be experienced so differently by people depending on their age, culture and what they are doing in any given moment.

I feel like time is speeding up and the rate of change – i.e the acceleration is moving exponentially. I feel it in my body.

For about 12 years now, I have been moving in what you might call the world of spirituality and personal development. This world is based on some simple ideas, like the idea that we are all inter connected. The idea that in the eyes of God (if She exists!) we are all equal. Etc etc.

I have therefore found it extremely difficult at times to live in this world where we seem to treat people as unequal. There are 2 Billion people in the world that don’t have a pot to piss in. Would we treat OUR kids that way ? And you don’t have to go to Africa to find inequality. Would you want YOUR child to have to pack shelves in Tesco 9 hours a day ?

I have been involved in various groups which have sought to bring spiritual principles into the world , into politics and into religion. The problem is that none of these groups seemed to be getting anywhere. They would meet, complain about things, perhaps endeavour to do something about it, go on a few protest marches, but eventually lose steam and everyone would get back to their mundane lives so that they can ‘earn a living’ (btw, when people ask me what I do for a living, I say ‘breathe’)

Until NOW !!

I feel that we are at the beginning of the beginning. A new beginning which is going to see radical changes on our planet. People have been speaking about this for some time. But I was not convinced. There is something that is deeply entrenched and to most people (until now) completely hidden which is running the show. This meant that the problem cannot be solved politically. I don’t vote because I know ahead of time that every time , the government get in. You may think that the government and governing you and serving you. They are not. They don’t even know this until they actually get into power. Once in power they are actually governed themselves by a small group of extremely powerful and spiritually advanced people. I won’t go into this because I know this type of thing puts many people off. If you are curious for more information, please contact me. But please don’t believe me. I don't believe it myself ! Its just my current understanding. I have absolutely no problem with the thought that like many times in my life, I am completely mistaken.

So, any movement to try and infuse politics with spirituality is doomed to failure because politicians once in power, become governed by forces which are so strong, very few humans could resist them.

But now, something else is occurring. There is appearing in our world a new and very exciting loose movement of people. This movement is completely different to most movements for change. It is a deeply spiritual movement (not religious in the slightest – but ‘spiritual’ in the sense of pertaining to ‘spirit’ by which I mean that which is non-physical or meta-physical) and it is action based. Because it is spiritual, it is shining the light of ‘truth’ on the darkness of deception but always , to the best of the abilities of each ‘member’, the actions are done with as much compassion, forgiveness and love as possible.

What these ideas are revealing, is that we have all been deceived in a most magnificent way. And it is truly magnificent ! When I started to learn about the deception, I had a choice. I could either feel angry and bitter and complain to everyone (which by the way simply feeds the deception which is what they/it want) or I can look from the outside and see the magnificence of it, like watching a great illusionist, breathless, knowing that I am watching an illusion and also being amazed at how this illusion has tricked so many people for so long. I can even love it, learn from it and then choose to expose it for what it is, all the time realising that everything is working out to plan in the bigger picture and that those who have been fooled by it (myself included) had no idea at the time and therefore are completely innocent.

It is starting to be revealed to me, that the whole system under which we live (and I say UNDER because we are literally UNDER it –it is on top of us like a big foot) is actually a magnificent deception, starting with money itself. I will do a video blog about this shortly, but the level and brilliance of the deception is utterly stunning. Of course anyone who has read my stuff knows that I have ben exposing lots of madness of the system. BUt I hav not until now really understood what the driving forc was or as I say 'What was REALLY going on.' But now, there is this movement which is exposing this in a most unusual and exciting way. They are literally beginning to create a new type of society which is pulling out of the matrix of control which money (and other things) have created. These people are discovering that our whole legal system is UNLAWFUL. It is extremely difficult for me to explain that this means, especially because I am very new to this and am on a major learning curve. But it has touched me deeply because this deception is at its root, a spiritual matter because it goes to the deepest fundamental question of WHO WE ARE and who we have been TOLD we are. These are 2 entirely different things and it turns out that the laws and system which govern our lives (based on money) are actually aimed at a fictitious self which psychologist might call the EGO. So what we are actually witnessing, is the control of the EGO (which doesn’t exist) by MONEY (which doesn’t exist) This is an amazing and powerful grand illusion !! And it is being exposed all over our planet and people are taking the MOST EXTRAORDINARY ACTION. With the internet, when people find out and start to understand the deception, ‘ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE !’ Now you may think that this is a bad thing (all things are actually neutral but that’s another discussion) but actually it’s a great thing, because if you actually read the words, the breaking loose of Hell is what is needed. Because this system has created hell for the overwhelming majority of the earths inhabitants. What do I mean ? Well for me, Hell is a place that you don’t want to be in ! And how many people do you know who don’t want to be in the ‘place’ there are in in life !! So if hell ‘breaks loose’ after the initial shock to the system, space will be made for peace to return, which is our natural divine state.

So imagine when it gets out that most of the laws are actually unlawful. That all the traffic fines you get , you don’t need to pay. That income tax is one big con (Anything from 30-90% of corporations pay NO TAX AT ALL) Imagine when they discover that in reality the government cannot tell you what you are allowed or not allowed to ingest. Imagine when they discover that mortgages are actually unlawful contracts and the money the bank gives you is created out of thin air ! (the word MORTGAGE means death noose which is exactly what it was intended for – it makes people into slaves and if you don’t believe me, take a look at some of my video blogs for examples) imagine when they discover that most of the times the police order you around, YOU CAN BILL THEM FOR YOUR TIME ! And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

In the past couple of years, people have been testing all this out and its working!

I cannot yet explain all of this as I am on a learning curve but please be aware , that this really will only work if you ‘get’ the spirituality behind it. It will only work if it is violence free and anchored in true understanding and wisdom. You may be tempted to find out how to avoid paying your mortgage but this thing is really a package and its not about playing the same stealing game that governments and banks are playing. That will not work. This is a manifestation of an old saying ‘the truth will set you free.’

I will leave you with some research to do for yourself if you are interested.

What really did it for me was being present at a meeting on Tuesday which you can see on the web (see below). Hold on tight because what you are about to see is so astounding, you may not want to believe it. I have cried several times since I have opened up to this because the pain this decption has caused and the chaos its exposure will cause touched me and frightened me. Although I know in my heart that something HAS TO change. Its both exciting and frightening to be living through this period in human evolution. The bubble is about to burst.

The following website is jam packed full of stuff you can watch and read. Please remember that this stuff, like anything else, is not for everyone. You’ll know if its for you or not ! If it is, I invite you to enjoy the ride.

The first link is to the talk.

http://www.tpuc.org/node/558

Then go back to the home page and you will have links to amazing videos and articles which will keep you busy. It takes a while to get your head around it but for me it was well worth it.

http://www.tpuc.org/

With Love

Danny

My Amazing daughter Adina and the school (fool) system

2009-02-25T22:51:00.000-08:00

My Amazing daughter Adina and the school (fool) system

Spot the differrence

Once again, Adina blew me away today with her level of understanding and wisdom which clearly surpasses many of her teachers at school (some of whom are very young – as young as 19) I also find my job as a father profoundly challenging and therefore am so touched and delighted when my hard work pays off.

Adina got a detention for calling out a joke in her Chumash (Bible) class. The crime was that she made everyone in the class laugh which frankly, has got to stop. We just can’t have these kids being happy !!

They gave her a sheet of paper (see below) which she had to copy out , take home and get us to sign. She also had to sign it as a contract that she agrees to it all. I must say that I actually like part of the idea – that instead of sitting there writing idiotic lines, she is asked to write a letter, some of which is positive and potentially self motivating. But as you will see below, its not all like that.

Adina chose, despite the instructions to copy the form, to change the bits she didn’t agree with. I was blown away by both her choice not to conform with the request and with the changes she made.

See if you can spot them. Actually I know how lazy you lot can be so I am going to bold differences !

Schools Version

I understand that school is a place for learning. Every student at Hasmonean is offered an excellent Kodesh (religious studies) education. Not all Jewish children have this chance. I understand that I choose how to use this time. I can get an education and learn more about myself, the torah (Bible) and the Mitzvos (commandments) or I can waste this time.

I understand that my teacher is responsible for many things. She needs to plan the lesson and then do everything possible to help students understand the material. The teacher has a big job because it is not easy to help a class full of students. When I behave disruptively, I am making it hard for the teacher to do her job. This isn’t fair and I don’t have the right to do this.

I understand that the other students in my class have a right to the best Kodesh education possible. When I behave disruptively , I not only keep the teacher from doing her job, I am also keeping students from getting the best education possible. This is not fair and I don’t have the right to do this.

I am here copying this because I was given detention. I was given detention because (fill in blank)…….

I understand that right now I am missing out on valuable break time. Instead of relaxing , I am copying this lesson. I understand that I made a decision to behave unacceptably in class and the consequence of this was a lunchtime detention. I understand that I have the power to make good decisions and bad decisions. When I make good decisions, I am rewarded. In school, this means getting a good education and feeling good about myself as a student. I understand that I deserve a good Kodesh education and I have the power and responsibility to make this happen

Adinas Version

I understand that school is a place for learning and having fun, but mostly learning. Every student at Hasmonean is offered a Kodesh (religious studies) education to the best of the teachers ability. Not all Jewish children have this chance. I understand that I choose how to use this time. I can get an education and learn more about myself, the torah (Bible) and the Mitzvos (commandments) or I can use this time differently.

I understand that my teacher is responsible for many things. She needs to plan the lesson and then do everything in her power to help students understand the material. The teacher has a big job because it is not easy to help a class full of students. When I behave disruptively, I am making it hard for the teacher to do her job. This isn’t fair and considerate or thoughtful to the teacher and a lot of the pupils. I understand that the other students in my class have a right to the best Kodesh education possible. When I behave disruptively , I not only keep the teacher from doing her job, I am also keeping students from getting the education they would have been getting. This is not fair and not considerate.

I am here copying this because I was given detention. I was given detention because (fill in blank)

my teacher does not like my behaviour and finds it challenging and has given me a detention

I understand that right now I am missing out on valuable break time. Instead of relaxing , I am copying this lesson. I understand that I made a decision to behave disruptively in class and the punishment you have given me was a lunchtime detention. I understand that I have the power to make good decisions or not so good decisions. When I make good decisions, I am rewarded. In school, this means getting a good education and feeling good about myself as a student. I understand that I deserve a good Kodesh education and I have the power to make this happen

Adina adds a final line – I feel that this is only one side of the story

Signed : Danny Shine (Father)

The Revolution has begun

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NOW HERE: part 4: Television - a cheap imitation of concioussness

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NOW HERE: part 3: Boredom is an interpretation

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Part 2: Totalitarian Control of so called private property

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Part 1: Totalitarian Control of so called private property

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NOW HERE: part 2: These words don't matter

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NOW HERE: Part 1: waiting is a state of mind

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