Scared of EE

Whoa boy. Here come the crazy hippies wearing their PETA buttons and vegan shoes. You better look out. They might try to throw some red paint on you. Although I'm not a card carrying member of PETA, I do like several things they try to accomplish, but for some reason there are many people (especially in the Midwest) that think EE=PETA. I once had a student who wore a "PETA" shirt. The front said P.E.T.A. The back said People Eat Tasty Animals. He thought it would tick me off. I chose to use reverse psychology, and so I told him that I thought it was funny. Sometimes that reverse psychology stuff works. Luckily for me, this was one of those times. Science teachers get a bad wrap from conservatives. Supposedly we love Darwin, Earth, and Nature we somehow hate God. I believe there is a lot of misconception about EE. It's one of those ignorance fears...a preconceived notion about a concept many know nothing about. Have you ever prejudged someone, and then soon found out your judgement was unjustified? My friend Darby recently introduced me to his friend Jaime. I knew that Jaime was a card carrying NRA and promoted his redneck heritage. Darby was worried we would not get along. I wasn't so sure either. A surprising thing happened. I loved Jaime and he loved me. We got along perfectly. In the end I know we will never agree on everything, but I do know that I could easily hang out with that guy again. Maybe EE is like that. I wish we could all just get along.