elaborate on what they said during the lesson or was it nothing interesting
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I didn't get to talk to the principal today (apparently I got ANOTHER meeting scheduled over some of the threats we've received) but I did speak with sponsors. We explained that it's a sort of satire/free-speech thing, and a few seemed rather supportive. The one issue they had with it was the name. Nobody wanted to be listed as the sponsor for 'Spartans for Satan', and the name immediately made people angry. We didn't want to truly change it, because it would be a sort-of corruption of what the club represents. So we changed it to Latin. Spartstar fish Enim Diabolis! SFS will remain our official acronym, however. We couldn't get a perfect translation so it actually means 'People of Sparta who support the Diabolical One (Satan)', which is the closest we could get.
This morning my mother and I spoke with the counselor about the club, under the guise of concerns over my grades (I have a 3.66 GPA lol). She seems to want a reaction from one of us, but she didn't get it. The counselor told her that I had been distractingly passing out fliers in a class, which sparked immediate outrage from both of us (she knew the real story). She apologized and said that she was only saying what she had been told, and just reminded me that my student group has to be made in the same format as the others. It was clear that they were just tying to stop us from expressing controversial opinions, but even the principal seemed to accept that I had done nothing wrong. She also pulled up an IQ test I took a few years back. I don't know why.
At lunch I followed a group of students to Spartans for Christ. Myself and my co-founder sat together in the very front row, as the group greeted us. A few people seemed to recognize us as the founders, but most didn't, including the group leader.
They invited in a priest from a local church, who had offered to speak to the students. He passed out burritos. They were vegetarian, so I indulged, despite my cohort's comments of "Don't eat it! They cooked it in holy water!" The priest introduced himself in a very fellow-kids manner, talking about his 'smoking hot wife' and love of social media. He then explained what the day's lesson would be about. They were going to discuss a new controversial group in the school, "Spartans for Satan." Of course they were.
Finally breaking from my eye-contact conversation with the co-founder, we looked up at the priest. He began talking about how not everyone will agree with you in life, and even Jesus stirred a lot of negative opinions. People mocked him. Threw him out of town. Crucified him. They actually compared starting a student group to murdering the son of God. The priest asked me my name, and then a question. He clearly didn't recognize us. After forcing me to explain what a Christian was, he moved on to other students. He explained that Jesus loved all people, even those who hurt them, and that this was how we needed to deal with Spartans for Satan. Jesus didn't fight with threats or violence, he fought with
love. I suppose it's better than calling for violence against our group, and certainly reinforced the messages of the Bible better. Eventually, the entire group decided to bow their heads in prayer for us, and other students with differering opinions. The burrito crate made it's way to the table in front of me, with almost a dozen spare. Did I dare? As the students prayed, I picked out another burrito. I'm sure they wouldn't mind letting me have another, but I didn't really want to ask. We almost burst out laughing--using their prayers for us to sneak more burritos. We considered telling the priest that we were the club founders, but decided against it. Once the group was released, we erupted with laughter outside. This is going down as one of the most uncomfortable events in history. They were very nice, but something about hearing how people are going to smother you with love, not knowing you are among them, is just a little awkward. Great student group.
