Ina public shcool history class on the constitution the teacher had said things like
Quoting an article "Shortly after school began in September, the teacher told his sixth-period students at Kearny High School that evolution and the Big Bang were not scientific, that dinosaurs were aboard Noah's ark, and that only Christians had a place in heaven, according to audio recordings made by a student whose family is now considering a lawsuit claiming Mr. Paszkiewicz broke the church-state boundary.
"If you reject his gift of salvation, then you know where you belong," Mr. Paszkiewicz was recorded saying of Jesus. "He did everything in his power to make sure that you could go to heaven, so much so that he took your sins on his own body, suffered your pains for you, and he's saying, 'Please, accept me, believe.' If you reject that, you belong in hell." "
http://blogs.chron.com/bluebayou/2006/12/the_enemy_in_the_mirror.html
A student is suing the teacher for these comments. Is he right?
2006-12-21 05:16:19 · 31 answers · asked by Don't Fear the Reaper 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, he is right. The student, that is. Preaching does not belong in a public school classroom.
2006-12-21 05:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 6⤋
I do not condone all that the teacher said, but I do not believe in evolution either. I do not believe that he should be teaching hell to a diverse student body.
I can understand his expressing his inability to accept evolution, but even that is not within the guidelines that teachers are given.
However I am overwhelmed by all those on this forum that believe that kids should be brought up in school exposed to every idea under the sun except the existance of God.
If God is not allowed in the classroom then we should not be teaching anything that pertains to any religion and that means that a lot of social studies would have to be dropped.
How can you teach the culture of a nation and never talk about its religions. All societys are built around their religion.
What I know is this; we need to find another way to conduct our schools, and we should not allow a child to be college age before the subject of religions is brought up.
Most of you seem to like being brought up in a godless school.
2006-12-21 14:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think he needs to seperate his preaching from teaching. It's innappropriate and makes people uncomfortable. On the contrary, I think people are becoming too sensitive; he probably shouldn't be sued. As long as he was fair to all students (grading them not according to their belief) and allowed them to talk and defend themselves it shouldn't be a HUGE deal. I do think he took it over board though by saying all non-Christians deserve hell. If I was in class that would definately single me out lol (Muslim)
2006-12-21 14:04:51 · answer #3 · answered by justmyinput 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And what about those kids in his class who are NOT Christian...doesn't anyone think of that? I'm Jewish and I would be very uncomfortable with something like that. I was forced to sing religious Christmas carols in school and I hated it! LISTEN PEOPLE: EVERYONE IS NOT CHRISTIAN! And we who aren't have the exact same rights as they do. How would all of you, who think the teacher was right, feel if the teacher started reading from the Talmud and saying "you should all be Jewish". Telling teenagers that if they don't believe in Christ they belong in hell is abuse. Try empathizing with others every once in a while...try thinking about how you would feel in that situation.
2006-12-21 13:45:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't think suing is the best response, but since the teacher's unions work hard to keep the incompetent and dangerous teachers employed and paying dues, what other response is there? The teacher had to know he was in violation of the terms of his employment, but broke the rules anyway. The teacher should have been fired, so what do you do when he can't be fired?
2006-12-21 13:33:06 · answer #5 · answered by novangelis 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A teacher's job is to teach. He shows the way from darkness to light. He should never try to indoctrinate a student. If he does he is straying from his function. A preacher also shows light ,but of a different kind. There can be no logic or rationale questioning most of what he says. He does play with emotions too. So that is what a preacher does. It is definitely wrong and unethical for a teacher to preach.
2006-12-21 13:25:09 · answer #6 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Yes. He not only crossed the boundary but went way past it. Actually preaching in class, trying to convert.
Instead of preaching Jesus, say he was talking about Wicca and spells, or Islam and Allah. How would the majority of parents feel then?
2006-12-21 13:27:13 · answer #7 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Would this be a breach of contract (between school system and teacher, and perhaps implied contract between student and school/teacher)? Regardless of the content, he wasn't teaching the subject that he had been hired to teach.
2006-12-21 13:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Of course all the Christians don't find anything wrong
RELIGION does not belong in an educational environment, if you want to tell the word of god to people, keep that in your church
NOT EVERYONE BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE SO GET OVER IT
I especially don't want to believe in a god that bribed people by 'dying' for their sins and then expecting them to love them out of fear of not going to hell
ridiculous
2006-12-21 13:32:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the law is the law and the teacher knowingly broke it--he must accept the consequences of his actions, no matter how much christians hate to do so
2006-12-21 13:28:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
The teacher was out of line. Dinasaurs on Noah's ark....give me a break. The student should file a formal complaint. Filing a law suit......give me another break. Me want money! Gimme money! money, money money....Yeah, I gotcha.
2006-12-21 13:29:13 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋