Would we all be satisfied with public schools teaching Reading, Righting, and Rithmotic ?

Question

This used to be called the three R's.Maybe some of you remember that.
I would be in favor of schools not teaching about God, science, sex ed, and all the other virtues, therories, that parents should be teaching at home.I am not interested in evolution, and I really don't want some one like Jim Jones or David Koresh teaching my children about God.
What say YE ?

I have a feeling that I am going to learn something here, so feel free to share, but be mature.

Windom Earl: I was taught that pluto was a planet in school by science teachers.Today their saying its a star.

OL'Doc Isa 31:1 "Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

SMIRK< God was in the school way before science was.Maybe you should take your kids to an Atheist school.

NOTE: How ignorant and immoral can you all get?NO I DO NOT WANT MY CHILD TO LEARN HOW TO HAVE SAFE SEX.Safe sex can't be taught to a child who hasn't learned how to carry the garbage out yet.Don't you realize that your children are suffering because you lack the time or decency to provide them with the basic needs to live a decent life.It isn't up to the school to teach my child morals and manners.These two virtues will make them want to balance a check book, respect authority, work with integrity, respect the person that their with and most of all respect themselves.But to you that slubber and wait to see how Johnny and Sue turn out shame on all of you.I work as a jail minister.I see your kids and they tell me how all mom and dad did was work.How their parents never had anytime for them.So go ahead and teach them safe sex and science.Don't be a Father or a Mother to them and I'll be praying with them at the Jail.God help you all.

THE RING OF D.....,Do you know what my science teacher told me about Pluto the planet ? Guess what>? Now they think its a STAR. That make science a theory and not a fact.

MAGGIE ROSE>I am not suggesting that we not tell our children about God. What I am saying is that God should be taught at home. Look at the answers here and asked yourself, Would I want these people to teach my children about God? Last year my son was told by one of his teachers that Jesus and Mary Magdelene where married and had kids. If my son had not been taught properly at home he would have beleived that.

Answer 1

LOL. Don I too have posted questions when all my "help" was out to lunch.
I agree with you.
And to those who posted! As far as Science goes. Science can be taught without the numbing idiotic "theory" of evolution.

Answer 2

I think that the children should learn the 3 R's as well as open up more courses on religions and science, and arts, and sex ed. and as many "theories" as possible. The reason being the MORE you learn the more you are able to make a better decision. Most people just tend to "turn off" the mind...and make important decisions based on what the parents & their peers have "educated" them with. Too bad..the World is FULL of so many wonderful things! And IF more people would OPEN up the thinking processes & begin using a little "logic" maybe we would be in a better place than we are now? Not ALL parents are "good" ones that take the responsibility of teaching their children the "options" you listed above. No..I certainly wouldn't want someone like J.Jones, or Mr. Koresh teaching a religion course, but as a RESPONSIBLE parent be INVOLVED with your child's school curriculum & BE at the PTA meetings etc..and VOICE your objections and GET better teachers! That would be a great beginning to a better education for your child. (and maybe the other children as well.??....Too many people just don't stand up and "fight" for their own beliefs, and better edcuational values. They are waiting? for someone else to take the responsibilty. Unfortunately it seems that the minority is the one getting all the "attention".) What a sad thing for humanity as a Whole!

Answer 3

No. A public school curriculum centered solely around reading, writing, and arithmetic might have made sense in the 1800's, when most children never went further than grade school and went to work full-time in factories or on the family farm starting when they were 10 or 12 years old. But in today's highly technological global economy, where a college education isn't a luxury but a necessity, to suggest that the public school system shouldn't teach science, history, higher mathematics, foreign languages, social studies, economics -- and yes, sex ed -- and expect parents to teach these subjects at home, is just plain irresponsible, IMO.

I do agree that religious instruction has no place in a public school curriculum, though you could teach Comparative Religion from a historical and cultural perspective without advocating one religion's beliefs over another.

Answer 4

Reading, Righting, and Rithmotic are minimal standards of education. We are totally unable to survive in this day and age without those 3 basic skills.

How about Research, Religion & Respect? That gives me half a dozen R's.

It is not just what you know, it's what you know about "Researching" the subject, to find out the facts. research ability is better than memorizing what you think you'll need to know 25 years from now!!!

Religion is the vital pursuit of the "Purpose if Life". What kind of education studies the trees, and the bark on the trees, but never sees the big picture (the forest), God's vantage point?

Finally, R E S P E C T ... what is it good for, HUH!?! Every decade we seem to lose sight of respect more and more. It has been a tragic loss for our civilzation!!!

Answer 5

Schools need to provide real educations for our children, and that includes a lot more than just reading, writing, and arithmetic. In order for our kids to be competitive, they have to know about science--and that does include biology, which includes evolution--and technology, the arts and humanities, history, health, and an abundance of things that aren't "academic" but practical, like sex education and home economics, personal finances, etc. Morality and socialization are just part of the process. Kids learn those things by being part of a larger social community.

Theology and religion have no place in public schools, unless taught as a comparative religions class in an unbiased manner.

Answer 6

Religion should of course be left out of the public school curriculum because it is a belief, not a fact (not for everybody). Why you'd want to remove science from school curriculum is beyond me. Without science, I wouldn't be reading your post right now.

Sex is a fact of life and whether parents want to believe it or not, a better education here will help reduce unwanted pregnancies and STD's. What's wrong with knowing about sex and how to prevent a pregnancy or an std? Abstinence is one way, there are others. At least if a student chose to have sex, then they'd be better equipped to make responsible decisions about their safety.

Teaching students about sexuality won't make them run out and do it. They were doing that long before sex ed ever existed.

Answer 7

Gods should be taught only as mythology. Evolution is necessary to understanding other areas of science. No one should be allowed to keep their children ignorant.

http://www.nsta.org/about/positions/evolution.aspx
National Science Teachers Association

"The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) strongly supports the position that evolution is a major unifying concept in science and should be included in the K–12 science education frameworks and curricula. Furthermore, if evolution is not taught, students will not achieve the level of scientific literacy they need. This position is consistent with that of the National Academies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and many other scientific and educational organizations.

"NSTA also recognizes that evolution has not been emphasized in science curricula in a manner commensurate to its importance because of official policies, intimidation of science teachers, the general public's misunderstanding of evolutionary theory, and a century of controversy. In addition, teachers are being pressured to introduce creationism, “creation science,” and other nonscientific views, which are intended to weaken or eliminate the teaching of evolution."

Answer 8

My neighbor's little girl started kindergarten this month. She is half hispanic - but only speaks english. On day 2, my neighbor pulled the teacher aside to inquire as to how much of her day was being spent on teaching english as the first language? Apparently, the teacher was very offended. 85% of the class is hispanic and speaks not a lick of english. My neighbor is looking to reschool her somewhere where she can learn something she doesn't already know. Unbelieveable.In my humble opinion, if our Goverment's free benefits are good enough for you and your whole frigkin' family to collect, then you better learn the language and stop holding our kids back.

Answer 9

I agree that evolution must gain knowledge of in public colleges. It is so exciting and we're privileged to reside at a time after we recognize approximately it. The value of educating evolution in colleges can also be visible certainly via the feedback of answerers like "Siobhean Hill" (see different solutions) who turns out to feel that apes have stopped evolving simply when you consider that they have not converted within the final two hundred years that we have now been looking at them or that the phrase "conception" manner "an concept that can be mistaken". In this situation, had the answerer been adequately knowledgeable on evolution, they could realize that the alterations in apes could no longer be visible within the time that we have now needed to discover them and that the alterations take situation over thousands of years. (They additionally declare that we proportion not anything with apes!!!????) Many humans additionally have got to greater realize the concept of proof. For too lengthy, devout humans have prompt that evolution cannot be liable for the existence in the world when you consider that there are gaps within the proof. I could love to factor out that there's plenty of proof and the gaps are narrowing. There is certainly NO clinical proof for creationism in any respect.

Answer 10

Its interesting how people want to keep God out of schools, and the workplace, in fact, just about everywhere. they make it quite plain to God that they don't want him, yet when really really bad things happen, their first cry is WHERE WAS GOD???? why did He allow this to happen??
If we have no God in the school, and the kids don't learn about Him at home either, don't blame God when these same kids go off the rails.

Jim Jones, or David Koresh couldn't teach your kids about God, because they were servants of Satan....