Comments on: Four words…

By: trashee

trashee — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:22:30 +0000

My Mom and Dad encouraged me to think for myself and develop my own beliefs, etc.
I will forever be grateful for their forward thinking. It wasn’t typical for the times.

By: Evolving Squid

Evolving Squid — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:22:21 +0000

I remember getting sent to the office for not praying in the morning exercises (but sitting quietly so as not to cause a disturbance).

I guess when it comes to tolerance, Christians are more “do as I say, not as I do”.

We have education standards. The public school system teaches them. If a parent doesn’t like that, they can home school or use a private school. However, even then, I feel that a home schooled or privately schooled child should still have to demonstrate knowledge of the material laid out in the standards in order to graduate.

If a parent’s beliefs are so weak that they can’t reliably ~~brainwash~~ teach their children, they’re probably not beliefs worth learning.

By: trashee

trashee — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:01:43 +0000

Bang on, Dave!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:57:23 +0000

I always thought that part of the purpose of a public education system was to teach students the values and processes expected of Canadian citizens. Granted that when the systems were put in place no one was teaching sex ed or even mentioning such things as homosexuality but as our society has moved forward so has the subject matter covered. I couldn’t agree more that if you don’t wish your child exposed to the thinking of the majority you have the option to turn away, at your own expense from the public system. The sad part is as far as I am concerned that your child will be the loser in this struggle to maintain a narrow sheltered upbringing rather than exposing them to what is going to be the norm they have to deal with when they go to work.