It would be helpful if parents opted out of having their kids take sex ed and could be counted on to give adequate information themselves, but I find that many find the subject embarrassing to discuss with teens and pre-teens. I just get a little nervous when people think that eliminating sex ed from an educational curriculum is okay since...well, teens will be teens and they'll get curious and I think that someone has to inform them of the risks involved in engaging in sexual activity, emotional, physical, mental, etc.
Oh no, that's ridiculous, of course a four year old isn't capable of making that kind of decision, but I don't see the harm in having materials available to learn about other faiths in schools, from elementary school on. There would probably be a lot more tolerance in the world, if people had an understanding of other cultures from a young age.
I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school for 13 years and would have gone to Catholic university, if not for finances being tight. I think I received a quality education and I find that the attention and passion of teachers for the welfare of students seems to be in greater abundance in private religious schools than public schools. I don't mean to imply that public school teachers don't care, but the faith community makes a big difference and serves to strengthen the bonds between the people in that environment. I don't have any kind of Catholic resentment or trauma that caused me to stray from the flock, my faith in the miraculous is just...relatively non-existent, if that makes sense.
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Date: 2009-04-07 05:59 am (UTC)Oh no, that's ridiculous, of course a four year old isn't capable of making that kind of decision, but I don't see the harm in having materials available to learn about other faiths in schools, from elementary school on. There would probably be a lot more tolerance in the world, if people had an understanding of other cultures from a young age.
I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school for 13 years and would have gone to Catholic university, if not for finances being tight. I think I received a quality education and I find that the attention and passion of teachers for the welfare of students seems to be in greater abundance in private religious schools than public schools. I don't mean to imply that public school teachers don't care, but the faith community makes a big difference and serves to strengthen the bonds between the people in that environment. I don't have any kind of Catholic resentment or trauma that caused me to stray from the flock, my faith in the miraculous is just...relatively non-existent, if that makes sense.