--- On Mon, 3/30/09, Samir Kelekar <samir_kele...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Please tell me : is this education or religious brainwashing? >
Samir, If your account is true, it tells me that that particular school was grossly negligent in providing proper elementary English education to the children. But please see the following post of mine to find out why I am skeptical of this account: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175861.html As far as imparting proper education about the native religion and culture is concerned, I have no problem with it, as long as they do not provide false information, teach parochial religious explanations for natural phenomena and mix religion with science. > > Isnt the above spreading poison about Christianity in young > minds? > I am not sure whether teaching students about the lives of freedom fighters who fought against the British is a bad thing, as long as accurate information is provided. The portrait of the Birsa Munda hangs of the wall of the Indian Parliament. I would like to know how Popli's version is different from the real historical version before I pass judgment. I am NOT in favor of teaching a sanitized version of our history, as much as I am NOT in favor of teaching a revisionist version of it. Please see the following Wikipedia version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birsa_Munda I would like to know the genuine historical facts in this matter. > > And look at the above. A teacher brags to an inquiry > committee member how he destroyed a church. Is it too > difficult to extrapolate based on the above what would the > teacher imbibing into the young children's minds ? > This teacher is a criminal, and his students were ill-served by him. What I would now like to know is how many other teachers of Ekal Vidyalaya schools have committed these types of crimes, and whether any of these schools teach students to commit violence against others. I am absolutely against any kind of exaggerations and generalizations based on isolated incidents. I know that tomorrow some Hindu extremist might post a news report here that a priest in a Christian school committed some crime, and claim that this is what goes on in all schools supported by some Christian organization. I would like to have the moral authority and courage to strongly object to and refute his generalization, and not be caught in a duplicitous situation. Wouldn't you? Cheers, Santosh
