http://snovalleystar.com/2009/03/19/letters-to-the-editor-3-19 Website for the SnoValley Star Newspaper Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://snovalleystar.com/2009/03/19/letters-to-the-editor-3-19/comment-page-1#comment-2053 Susan Durrell Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:53:25 +0000 http://snovalleystar.com/?p=2996#comment-2053 As an educator I appreciate Ken Hutcherson appearing each spring to provide a real teaching moment to our students. His message reminds us that intolerance exists in our own backyard not in some third world nation thousands of miles away. Intolerance comes in many faces and often distorts the voice of scripture, but the message is the same; fear those who are not like you. If Mr. Hutcherson must roll out and beat his tired drum of narrow-mindedness every spring when high school students ask for a Day of Silence, I can only hope his actions teach our children the importance of being fair minded and to act with compassion for those unlike themselves. As an educator I appreciate Ken Hutcherson appearing each spring to provide a real teaching moment to our students. His message reminds us that intolerance exists in our own backyard not in some third world nation thousands of miles away. Intolerance comes in many faces and often distorts the voice of scripture, but the message is the same; fear those who are not like you. If Mr. Hutcherson must roll out and beat his tired drum of narrow-mindedness every spring when high school students ask for a Day of Silence, I can only hope his actions teach our children the importance of being fair minded and to act with compassion for those unlike themselves.

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