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From: holforty@ihuxo.UUCP
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Subject: Re: early brainwashing
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Date: Mon, 23-Jan-84 19:16:40 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 23 19:16:40 1984
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According to Gordon Moffett a reasonable explanation of the teacher's
sexism might be related to the part of the song
	~...The farmer takes a wife.~

It has been a few years since I played Farmer in the Dell (back when
Dick and Jane were still in the school books and sexism was rampant),
but I can't remember any of my teachers worrying about the sex of either
the farmer or the wife (or the nurse for that matter).  I still find
it odd that any teacher would care.  After all this is just  a game
to amuse young children.  It is more important to be fair to all of the
kids.  In this case, fairness should include that all of the children
have an equal opportunity to go first and the the child that is
currently it should have the right to pick whoever s/he wants to play
the next role.