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Hello!
My
name
is
David
Hersman.
I
have
been
in
school
most
of
my
life,
first
as
a
student,
then
for
more
than
30
years
as
an
educator,
both
in
the
United
States,
and
as
a
missionary
in
Papua
New
Guinea.
My
wife,
Crystal
and
I,
have
been
married
since
1969.
Four
children
were
born
to
us,
and
we
adopted
two
others.
We
have
also
had
two
foster
daughters
from
Papua
New
Guinea.
The
youngest
one,
Rachel,
is
our
only
child
still
at
home.
One
of
our
sons
is
a
West
Virginia
State
Police.
Earlier
when
he
was
a
deputy
sheriff
in
our
county,
a
motorist
drew
a
gun,
and
shot
him
through
the
shoulder,
his
left
lung,
and
the
bullet
lodged
against
his
sternum
(breast
bone),
only
a
half
inch
from
his
heart.
Thankfully,
he
recovered.
While
he
was
in
the
hospital,
he
received
a
tremendous
number
of
visitors
and
cards
from
the
people
of
Greenbrier
County,
including
other
law
enforcement
officers,
prosecutors,
and
even
so-called
“public
defenders.”
One
of
these
lawyers
wrote
in
his
card,
“Nathan,
if
there
is
anything
we
can
do
for
you,
just
let
us
know.
We’ll
give
you
anything
you
want
–
except
convictions!”
I
guess
I
had
been
somewhat
naïve,
always
believing
that
in
the
court
room,
there
was
at
least
a
pretense
that
everyone
involved
was
seeking
the
truth.
Even
though
I
knew
there
were
lots
of
crooked
lawyers,
I
thought
they
would
at
least
act
out
a
charade
that
they
were
seeking
the
truth.
However,
after
reading
that
comment
by
a
public
defender,
talking
to
other
lawyers,
and
a
friend
who
is
a
prosecutor,
I
found
out
that,
many
(probably
most)
such
criminal
lawyers,
believe
that
their
job
is
the
get
the
defendant
acquitted
–
whether
he
is
guilty
of
not!
TRUTH
has
nothing
to
do
with
it!
They
are
warped
into
believing
they
should
persuade
the
jury
to
turn
the
criminal
loose
upon
the
society
–
even
if
they
know
he
is
a
dangerous
criminal.
But
just
as
alarming
as
this
lack
of
regard
for
TRUTH
in
the
courtroom,
is
the
widespread,
nearly
universally
accepted,
and
sometimes
legally
mandated
disregard
for
truth
in
the
classroom.
Through
years
of
experience
and
observation,
I
am
convinced
that
many
of
our
social,
economic,
and
even
political
problems
are
due
largely
to
the
fact
that
TRUTH
is
no
longer
held
in
high
regard
in
the
average
classroom.
Even
the
criminal
injustice
problem
described
above
is
largely
the
fruit
of
the
an
educational
system
which
no
longer
believes
in
absolute
TRUTH,
nor
any
absolute
source
of
truth.
Almost
everything
–
even
truth
–
has
become
relative.
In
our
concepts
of
virtual
reality,
we’ve
accepted
“virtual
truth.”
Our
culture,
for
the
most
part,
believes
in
“relative
honesty.”
This
TRUTH
in
EDUCATION
web
sight
is
geared
to
helping
to
provide
thought
provoking
material
regarding
the
importance
on
teaching
the
truth
in
all
subject
content,
and
the
negative
impact
we
are
having
if
we
neglect
the
TRUTH.
David
H.
Hersman, D.Min.
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