Comment from starman

Excellent

Wow, that's an amazing revelation, God gets booted out of school, and the devil moves in. Quite a scary scenario. Nicely done.

:)s

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Thanks for the great review, comments and shining stars.

Comment from dportwood

Excellent

A cute-but-sad message in this little story along with highly appropriate artwork. A too-bad situation for a lot of high school girls. Good job and good luck.
Duane

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Thanks for the great review, comments and shining stars.

Comment from PUPA

Excellent

Hi Sky,
This is a very well written and thoughtout 6 word contest entry. It is also thought provoking and makes the reader go back to the good old days, when God was never expelled from anywhere!!
Good luck in the contest.
Love
Pupa

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Thanks for the great review, comments and shining stars.

Comment from Hurricane Dean

Excellent

I liked the poem. But, that was before I read the author's notes. Atheists and agnostics are some of the most honest and moral people I know. Remember George Washington was an atheist and he was known to never to tell a lie. All the while, the right wing Christian, Sarah Palin, has a teen age daughter unwed and pregnant. So, morality is so much not linked to religion, rather, behavior. Right wing legal scholar, Allen Dershowitz, wrote an excellent book proving religion has little or nothing to do with morality in his book, "Rights from Wrongs." Additionally, I'm not sure when God was expelled from our schools. Certainly our first public schools did not teach religion. When did our tax dollars start going to promoting a certain religious belief in public schools and when did it end? That would be interesting to know.

Nonetheless, I'll give you five stars because the six words, by themself, without the author's notes, works for me. Cheers, Dean

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Our country is based on the Christain ethic, which promoted prayer everywhere, from the first settlers, the Pilgrims, the Quakers, etc. The Engel v. Vitale decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962 prohibited state-mandated prayer in public schools classrooms. Thanks for your review, comments, and questions.

reply by Hurricane Dean on 10-Oct-2008

Well, I'll just remind you George Washington was a Deist, John Adams was a Unitarian, Thomas Jefferson was an atheist (and really disliked Christians) So, I'm not sure where you get our nation was founded on Christain principles? Even Abraham Linconln was considered an atheist and was certainly anti-Christian.

Certainly the Puritians started the first public school in the U.S. But, it is a stretch to say our nation was founded on Puritian beliefs. After all, it was Jefferson that wrote, "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of relgion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a was of separation between church and State." -Letter to the Danbury Connecticut Baptist Association, January 1, 1802. So, the courts were right to keep prayer out of public, tax paid schools. As Thomas Jefferson says, our nation was founded on the concept of the separation of church and State.

I still will like to learn more about the history of prayer in public schools throughout the nation. Like, were all U.S. school saying prayers or just in communities where religious convictions were especially strong? I found very little info on that using a quick wikipedia and google searching.

Anyway, there are some interesting thoughts there. Certainly your six words were thought provoking. Good for you. Write on!

Cheers
Dean

reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Wow, you really know a lot of stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was only referring to the original people who fled from across the ocean to settle here, because of religious persectution.
All of these great leaders of our nation worked so diligently to formulate the foundation of our country, to make it good for everybody, as much as it was feasible.
Thanks for all this really informative info. I will google the other questions, and maybe learn more. thanks,

Comment from Valerie Julia Ann

Excellent

You've said it in just two words, "God expelled." Even though the future may not know him, we will still remember, and can instill him in the hearts of our children.
Valerie

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Thanks for the wonderful review, kind comments, and taking the time to read and comment. I appreciate it very much.

Comment from cheyennewy

Excellent

Hi skye...I have to agree when God was taken out of the schools morals declined or maybe it just seems that way...who knows for sure. I remember a girl in my high school got pregnant and was expelled from school. That mind set is a thing of the past. A good six word story...good luck in the contest...blessings....chey

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Thanks for the wonderful review, kind comments, and taking the time to read and comment. I appreciate it very much.

Comment from S.Yocom

Excellent

This is a well-written six-word contest entry, skye. I don't agree with you completely, though. Way back when I was in high school, some of the girls got pregnant. But in those days, they were expelled from school, which didn't do the girls or their babies any good. Many of the girls got "back room" abortions. I remember that one girl died from the abortion. Yes, those were the good old days.
Sally

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Those were certainly not the best ideas... Thanks for the wonderful review, kind comments, and taking the time to read and comment. I appreciate it very much.

Comment from Gert sherwood

Excellent

Hi Skye no you six word story leads into a life of high school girl who will be busy along with her parents
Great picture to bring out the this girls future,
Gert

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Thanks for the kind comments, and taking the time to read and review. I appreciate it very much.

reply by Gert sherwood on 10-Oct-2008

You are so welcome
Gert

Comment from Ginny

Excellent

No need for more. This is well said. A whole story, with a hint of moral and what could be. Yet, a happy ending which brings satisfying conclusion. Good luck!

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Thanks for the wonderful review, kind comments, and taking the time to read and review. I appreciate it very much.

Comment from eveeator

Excellent

this is an excellent entry for the contest, the artwork is just so right with it, and then your words although few just cover exactly the story, the author notes were also very informative, mthxs and good luck in the contest

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reply by the author on 10-Oct-2008

Thanks for the wonderful rating and such great comments. I appreciate you very much.