“The Supreme Court has ruled that students are allowed to organize, voluntarily, religious clubs -- which can include prayer and Bible study—at public schools, just as they might any other kind of club (Mosser, 2010, pa. 2.3)” Yes, we should keep religion and school separate, but the children has the choosing to do it voluntary. Staff and faculty members cannot be involved, or they will be considered interfering with the child’s rights. Since the children come from different religions, or atheists, prayer in only one religion is not a compromise. A solution could be something simple or complicated. One suggestion is for the students themselves to have a prayer and Bible study group, probably at a mealtime or extracellular activity time (where they hold time for clubs).
Financially you can budget your amount on materials spent and make sure for each religion or culture the same amount is spent for books etc. As children may not be comfortable learning about a different religion to their own and their parents may not agree or be happy with this there should be a consent form sent home to all parents to have the choice if they wish their child to join in with different religious/cultural activities and learning. If they do not want their child doing this then the child will be set in a different room with other children to complete a different task. This should ensure no
In today’s society a variety of religions should be taught in schools. Everyone should be able to practice their own religious customs and not discrimate against others. When students of all ages break for lunch they are being deprived from participating in long practiced customs, for instance not being allowed to pray for their food. This practice has been entrenched into their daily lives, likely because this has been
This does not mean that parents have no rights to what happens to their child while they are at school but this allows school to guide student behaviors though discipline. This idea is called in loco parentis (pg. 378). This concept was once more important in schools than it is now but it has brought forth it idea that no matter the student, disabled or not, there needs to be a certain level of responsibility put on all students for their behaviors when they are at school. This would be a great chapter of the book for parents to read because it would help them to understand why the school is doing what it is doing.
Notes for “Whose Lathe?” by Ursula K. Le Guin Thesis 1: School boards should not have the power to ban books based on personal beliefs and comfort level. Thesis 2: While choosing books for students is important for their education, giving them the freedom to make their own choices, even in such small instances, surpasses that importance. Thesis 3: The concept of free choice is far more humane than that of censorship. Final Thesis: Censorship placed upon school books rids students of their choice in reading thus school boards should not have the audacity to ban books solely because they do not accord with their personal opinions and levels of comfort. Proof: * “In discussion, teachers pointed out that since it is the policy of the Washougal School District to assign an alternative book to any student who objects on any grounds to reading an assigned one, the attempt to prevent a whole class from reading a book was an attempt to change policy, replacing free choice by censorship” – pg, 257, 1st paragraph * “Censorship, here or in Russia or wherever, is absolutely anti-democratic and elitist.
When it comes to what children are reading, people only think of the bad things and what the book is about. They don’t look at how it could possibly benefit them! I think that students should be able to read books that appeal to their beliefs and culture. It could help them learn more about themselves and their religion; they can’t do that if those books are banned from school libraries and bookstores! Book banning has been going on for the past two thousand years but people still read those books!
Something has to be done in order to prevent these types of incidents from happening. We can’t sit around and wait for our school officials and public leaders to spring into action. We as parents, must start at home, teaching our kids right from wrong, not sheltering them from all the negativity and allowing kids to experiences some bad obstacles. This will put them in a place to be able to deal with it later on in life when obstacles arise. Although, this may not prevent such tragedies from occurring, we as a nation will know that we tried and will continue to try to prevent and educate our youth to better handle situations like this.
They requested the use of their bible and prayers in the public schools and were denied. Children were forced to become more Protestant if they were to be educated But historical forces changed education. Today religion is still an issue is the public schools, with respect to the pledge of allegiance and the teaching of evolution in the
Brianna Stahl WR 121/400, Ms. Roush Unit 1: Dialoguing with Others about Ideas Monday, November 04, 2013 Who does not need education, apparently you? Do children really need an education and if they do are they in school too long? This question causes many different reactions from me because I see endless possibilities with schooling and without a financial barrier I would attend school for the rest of my life. As a working adult, who has little time, I often think that schooling goes on for too long. In his article “Against School: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids and why” John Taylor Gatto blames the education system for creating a cattle drive that sends people towards a specific labor goal.
They are strategically avoiding sensitive parts in order to prevent further trouble. Constitution set religions can be itself but one not too be much effective over others and let people to have liberty to choose on their own. Do prayer and/or religion have a place in public schools? If so, how and why? If not, why not?