Cyclops and the White Queen, unfit to teach?

The Black Guardian <blakgard.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:

: >> If you're going to get rid of one of them, though, I think it should
: be
: >> Cyclops. Emma's a much better teacher and leader than he is.
: >
: > I like them together.

: Someone else put it best when they called it a freakshow.

But they ARE a freakshow. So were he and Jean. So are all the mutants.
That's the part Cyclops' inversion and passivity always hides him from, but
why not embrace it, fully? He can do something normal people can't do, and
he's been doing it for so long he's great at it. So worship the difference,
don't keep trying to hide it.

Shawn
 >> Stay informed about: Cyclops and the White Queen, unfit to teach? 

There's also the question of how many of these students even have parents. I
haven't been reading New Mutants/New X-Men, but most of the kids in the
Morrison run whose family situation's are discussed seem to be orphans or
runaways (Beak and Angel, plus whatevers up with the Cuckoos, who were
involved with Weapon Plus) Many of those who do have parents probably have
situations where their parents are scared of the whole mutant thing and
keeping them at arms length. Which brings up an interesting point, if
Xavier's is the equivalent of a Queer-positive high school, is someone
running something similar to the fundy Christian Gay re-education
camps/schools that some parents send their kids to when they find out? I'm
thinking a place where people are taught to never use their powers under any
circumstances or even use drugs to suppress them. That could be an
interesting story.

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"prestorjon" <prestorjon DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> <<
> Unless you factor in that mutants are targets no matter where they are.
> Despite being students rather than heroes, they are trained in combat.
>>>
>
> I geuss the Black Panthers had something after all.
>
> << With Sentinels and beings like Cassandra Nova and Sublime running
> around, it's just plain stupid not to give them combat training.>>
>
> I'd argue just the opposite. Mutants are scary enough already. By
> making mutantcy synonymous with paramilitary organization the Xmen
> undermie the very coexistence they claim to be striving for.
>
> <<If you
> have the choice of putting them in a school with, say, two mutant
> teachers (GenX) or one with lots of highly trained and battle hardened
> teachers who can defend as necessary, which do you choose? >>
>
> I'd choose the one with neither. There is some credibility to the
> argument that clustering so many mutants in one area is a temptation to
> violence against them. We've already had Cassandra Nova, the Shiar, a
> Canadian super-team, religious zealots, and an extradimensional being
> attack the school since its re-inauguration and now we've got the
> Danger room trying to execute students.
>
 >> Stay informed about: Cyclops and the White Queen, unfit to teach? 

Ethan Hoddes wrote:
> There's also the question of how many of these students even have
> parents.

Didn't they mention they had a Parents Day in Morrisons run? The one when
Quentin Quire went bananas and led his team on the attack?
 >> Stay informed about: Cyclops and the White Queen, unfit to teach? 

Yeah, obviously some kids have parents who are interested, but I'd hazard a
guess that around half the student body either don't, or have parents who
want nothing more to do with them.

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"Saints should always be judged guilty until proven innocent."-George Orwell
"Brian Doyle" <No_spam.TakeThisOut@freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Ethan Hoddes wrote:
>> There's also the question of how many of these students even have
>> parents.
>
> Didn't they mention they had a Parents Day in Morrisons run? The one when
> Quentin Quire went bananas and led his team on the attack?
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Cyclops and the White Queen, unfit to teach? 

Just took a quick look at the character profiles, out of 12 New Mutants and
Hellions, 5 are orphaned or basically disowned, 4 have at least somewhat
accepting families, 3 have an unknown background (or at least I couldn't
find it, it was a quick look)

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"Ethan Hoddes" <ethan.hoddes DeleteThis @utoronto.ca> wrote in message
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> Yeah, obviously some kids have parents who are interested, but I'd hazard
> a guess that around half the student body either don't, or have parents
> who want nothing more to do with them.
>
> --
> "Saints should always be judged guilty until proven innocent."-George
> Orwell
> "Brian Doyle" <No_spam DeleteThis @freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Ethan Hoddes wrote:
>>> There's also the question of how many of these students even have
>>> parents.
>>
>> Didn't they mention they had a Parents Day in Morrisons run? The one when
>> Quentin Quire went bananas and led his team on the attack?
>>
>>
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Cyclops and the White Queen, unfit to teach?