RE: What should I do if I'm being forced to go to a Christian School?
June 6, 2016 at 2:37 am
(This post was last modified: June 6, 2016 at 2:46 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
I got sent to a school which taught creationism in the UK. In fact the first two schools I went to did. And this is saying something in the UK which isn't as religious as the US. Not that my own parents are or were religious.
I've been thinking about this recently, asking why the hell adults should think that a school that teaches superstitious nonsense as fact should in anyway be considered a superior education. The second school I went to was a lot worse than the first school. I was about 9 when I started. The first thing we did was start page 1 of the same history text book that I had just finished at the previous school.
It actually totally fucked up my schooling long after I left because it forced me to use cursive handwriting which made it unintelligible and which got me marked down. If it wasn't eventually corrected then this would have made me fail exams and influenced my adult life. Not to mention that if you are overly strict with children then it makes them bigger bastards to each other.
Saying that I'd consider sending my own child for a short period to a religious school later on in life with very careful guidance to teach them a valuable lesson. That bullshit exists, how it exists and how it gets perpetuated. And it's not just with religion, but with economics and propaganda. But not at the expense of their own happiness or education.
If I was the OP though I'd ask my mother a straight forward question of what she hopes to achieve by sending me to a Christian school. Ask her to explain to you the reasons for going to one. And without getting into an argument counter the reasons. If it's to instil Christian values then it's too late for that. You need to send the child at an early age and she had already tried. Is it to give a better education? This will do more harm than good if your questioning mind leads you to trouble because you ask awkward questions.
It would be absolutely critical to use the socratic method of questioning though and not to use any pejorative or emotionally laden language because once it evolves into an argument you lose.
I've been thinking about this recently, asking why the hell adults should think that a school that teaches superstitious nonsense as fact should in anyway be considered a superior education. The second school I went to was a lot worse than the first school. I was about 9 when I started. The first thing we did was start page 1 of the same history text book that I had just finished at the previous school.
It actually totally fucked up my schooling long after I left because it forced me to use cursive handwriting which made it unintelligible and which got me marked down. If it wasn't eventually corrected then this would have made me fail exams and influenced my adult life. Not to mention that if you are overly strict with children then it makes them bigger bastards to each other.
Saying that I'd consider sending my own child for a short period to a religious school later on in life with very careful guidance to teach them a valuable lesson. That bullshit exists, how it exists and how it gets perpetuated. And it's not just with religion, but with economics and propaganda. But not at the expense of their own happiness or education.
If I was the OP though I'd ask my mother a straight forward question of what she hopes to achieve by sending me to a Christian school. Ask her to explain to you the reasons for going to one. And without getting into an argument counter the reasons. If it's to instil Christian values then it's too late for that. You need to send the child at an early age and she had already tried. Is it to give a better education? This will do more harm than good if your questioning mind leads you to trouble because you ask awkward questions.
It would be absolutely critical to use the socratic method of questioning though and not to use any pejorative or emotionally laden language because once it evolves into an argument you lose.
