Great Minds
Just finished reading this rather sarcastic piece, "Great Minds Don't Think". The columnist, Eileen McNamara, pokes fun at David Parker, a father who was arrested for trespassing last week when he refused to leave the school without a promise that his child would not be exposed to any reference to single-sex parents without prior notice. Her point (after cutting through the sarcasm) seems to be that parents have no right to shape their children's views, and that doing so necessarily renders children mindless, with no critical-thinking skills or intellectual curiosity.
The writer of this article seems to think that the best education consists of exposure to every viewpoint (except the ones she disagrees with?), so that children can make up their own minds, apart from the corrupting influences of whatever "biases" their parents might have. Clearly, this is not God's plan for families.
"Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Deuteronomy 6:4-7
Surprisingly, I agree with her on one point: it's impossible in a public school setting to expect that parents will be able to direct what and how their children learn. If you have strong personal beliefs that you wish to pass on to your children, these beliefs (no matter what they are) will likely be challenged in a public school. That is just the nature of public schools. If every parent demanded that their beliefs be taught exclusively, could any education ever actually take place? This just underscores the fact that there is no such thing as a spiritually "neutral education". All education promotes a particular viewpoint, including public education.
The writer of this article seems to think that the best education consists of exposure to every viewpoint (except the ones she disagrees with?), so that children can make up their own minds, apart from the corrupting influences of whatever "biases" their parents might have. Clearly, this is not God's plan for families.
"Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Deuteronomy 6:4-7
Surprisingly, I agree with her on one point: it's impossible in a public school setting to expect that parents will be able to direct what and how their children learn. If you have strong personal beliefs that you wish to pass on to your children, these beliefs (no matter what they are) will likely be challenged in a public school. That is just the nature of public schools. If every parent demanded that their beliefs be taught exclusively, could any education ever actually take place? This just underscores the fact that there is no such thing as a spiritually "neutral education". All education promotes a particular viewpoint, including public education.
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I tend to believe a "spiritually neutral" education is just another way to say "Satan's education",
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