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Ellen

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RE: A teacher's upsetting remarks

woman from mars Wrote:

Just a little rant.

My 17 year old AS son told me today that at school they are studying Buddhism.

His teacher told him that according to Buddhist teaching, his Aspergers' & skin condition are the result of behaving badly in a past life! ( the teacher did say that he personally didn't believe this.)

I know a little about Buddhism & with the help of the internet, spent a couple of hours trying to convince John that this is not always the case.
I think that I succeeded, but John tends to believe that the teachers know everything & can't be wrong.

Anyone else had a stupid comment made such as this?

Sounds like your typical rabid Christian teacher who read the teacher summary and jumped to his own conclusions.

Your son should have responded with "Oh, is that why you are so stupid?"

We are the way we are due to our thoughts, inclinations, actions of all our past lives and current life, yes, but to think of it as a "punishment" is to entirely miss the boat intellectually. We are where we need to be spiritually.

He was making a judgment too- assumed the AS was a punishment. What a creep!