School here in America is a bit of a hot-button topic for me. There are a lot of things I feel schools could do, but don't, or should do, but won't. Each of them probably deserves its own thread.
But this one irritates the fuck out of me because it's so simple, and it's a matter of fairness. If you're going to let a bunch of douchebags (and yeah, they were douchebags up where I used to live) gather around the school flag pole with students in the mornings to pray, you can give the atheist students an empty class room for a couple hours.
It's four pages, so it's long, but I think it should be read. All of the Americans should know (and the rest of the world to an extent too) that it's not just adults who face ostracizing, abandonment or hate. School isn't supposed to be a diploma farm. It ought to be giving you tools with which to face life. The only tool you're teaching here is that if you don't believe what the majority does, you'll be denied priviliges.
And how un-American is that?
http://www.alternet.org/belief/150006/hi...ck_/%20%20
But this one irritates the fuck out of me because it's so simple, and it's a matter of fairness. If you're going to let a bunch of douchebags (and yeah, they were douchebags up where I used to live) gather around the school flag pole with students in the mornings to pray, you can give the atheist students an empty class room for a couple hours.
It's four pages, so it's long, but I think it should be read. All of the Americans should know (and the rest of the world to an extent too) that it's not just adults who face ostracizing, abandonment or hate. School isn't supposed to be a diploma farm. It ought to be giving you tools with which to face life. The only tool you're teaching here is that if you don't believe what the majority does, you'll be denied priviliges.
And how un-American is that?
http://www.alternet.org/belief/150006/hi...ck_/%20%20
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