Jonathan Clarke wrote:
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> I set this to only Don, in error. Here it is for everyone.
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> Subject: Christian education (was ASA Perspective)
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 08:08:34 +1100
> From: Jonathan Clarke <jdac@alphalink.com.au>
> To: Don Perrett <don.perrett@verizon.net>
> CC: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
> References: <LPBBIPIHCJCPOEJFNJBAIEKACBAA.don.perrett@verizon.net>
>
> Hi Don
>
> "as a parent one has the right and responsibility for the education of their own
> children" is the catch phrase (one of them at least) of the parent controlled
> school movement. It is a truism, although it ignores some issues. What if the
> parent wants their child taught that one racial group is superior to another?
> What if the parent wants to teach the child that all nations other than their
> own are to be treated as the enemy? What if the parent wants the child taught
> that the earth is the centre of the universe. The upbringing of children is
> also a community responsibility, and the community has an obligation to make
> sure that parents to do abuse their responsibility. The there is the
> responsibilities of teachers to teach the truth. Even in a parent controlled
> school, teachers would (I hope) have a commitment to teach what is true, not
> just what the parents want. But I have many friends who have taught in such
> schools and know the struggles they have had with narrow minded parents.
>
> Jon
The alternative to the Parent Controlled School is the Teacher
Controlled School. That is what exists in the local communities near me.
Massachusetts is notoriously ultra-liberal and much of the school system
is controlled by teachers with a humanist background. While they wave
the banner of religious freedom, their writings betray the fact that
their goal is to eliminate Christian thought, not to coexist with it.
For a nice discussion of the science-religion "war", an interesting web
site is
http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/war-science-religion.html
Additional good reading are the humanist manifestos on that same
web-site. There may not be a science-religion war in our minds, but
their are people out there waging such a war --- like it or not.
No system will be perfect, but I would sure like to see more parent
controlled schools around here.
Walt
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Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
In any consistent theory, there must
exist true but not provable statements.
(Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic
If you have already found the truth
without it. (G.K. Chesterton)
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