---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:20:39 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Schooling funding debate ... again (Was Re: Wifi leeches (Was: > Multiple NAT layers)) > > Gabriel Sechan wrote: >>> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:37:13 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: >>> [email protected]> Subject: Re: Schooling funding debate ... >>> again (Was Re: Wifi leeches (Was: Multiple NAT layers))>> On Wed, >>> Mar 19, 2008 at 04:26:43PM -0500, Gabriel Sechan wrote:>> I know over a >>> dozen. Personally know them. Including the one who pulled out>> their >>> kids because they didn't want them learning about the Hollocaust- it was>> >>> "a jew Zionist conspiracy".>>> It isn't 100%, of course. But it is a >>> sizable chunk, possibly the majority.>> Probably varying by location- it >>> may not be as big in California, but it was>> the overwhelming reason in >>> the midwest.>> So because you know *1* nutty homeschooling family that >>> means somehow your> unsubstantiated sweeping generalizations about the >>> mid-west must be true? > It appears your formatting got hosed. > >>>> Reread. Its not 1 family- its at least a dozen children in 5-6 families >>>> I can think of *off the top of my head*. Only one put it that blatantly, >>>> but most of them would, when asked, said they were homeschooling the kids >>>> at least in part due to religion.As an aside, all but 1 of the kids were >>>> about 3 grades behind in math and science.Gabe >>> > > So you are saying that you would be ok with your child (in school) being > taught religion or religious ideas that you object to? Perhaps you > wouldn't mind that your child be exposed daily to teachings that you > consider to be drivel or propaganda from religious kooks? > > I expect a child in school to get some grounding in other religions- history classes pretty much require it, religion is a major influence on human behavior. And my (hypothetical) children are inundated by drivel and propaganda every day- just walk by a street corner with some moron preaching hellfire and damnation. ANd you know what? Its healthy for them. They learn critical thinking, they learn to balance arguments, they learn to respect other people's beliefs. SHielding them from that is tantamount to child abuse.
What I don't expect in public school is for my children to be taught that a given religion is correct. And they aren't. Gabe _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
