RE: Archbishop of Canterbury: Children should be taught the Lord's Prayer
March 31, 2012 at 10:46 am
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2012 at 10:47 am by Nine.)
He certainly has a strange set of eyebrows.
The thing is its not been that long since this kind of shit had been out of school. When I was in primary school 6-11 and infants school 4-6 I had an hour and a half assembly where we had to sit and listen to bible story's and sing hymns. That be punished by losing break time or other lame punishments. Personally I didn't care much found a lot of the story's quite interesting and learned to mime pretty well
But lost a few break times for miming. I mean seriously.. All things bright and beautiful? that's nowhere near as fun as tanks and machine guns...
We also had regular trips to churches all around town on each christian holiday although suspiciously never went to and mosques or synaogues on muslim or jewish holidays..
But to a parent of a child that isn't christian why should they have to learn the beliefs of another. It changed just before I left in it must have been 2001-2002 But I just looked up the site for my old school and this is there Religious Education policy:
So I guess its back to how it was when I went. This is a public funded school not a faith school which is kinda troubling. I'm not entirely sure how a school can be both multicultural and have worship of one religion while excluding pupils who don't participate by telling them to either sit there and ignore it or wait outside on your own every morning.
There website if your interested: http://www.schooljotter.com/showpage.php?id=118136
The thing is its not been that long since this kind of shit had been out of school. When I was in primary school 6-11 and infants school 4-6 I had an hour and a half assembly where we had to sit and listen to bible story's and sing hymns. That be punished by losing break time or other lame punishments. Personally I didn't care much found a lot of the story's quite interesting and learned to mime pretty well
But lost a few break times for miming. I mean seriously.. All things bright and beautiful? that's nowhere near as fun as tanks and machine guns...We also had regular trips to churches all around town on each christian holiday although suspiciously never went to and mosques or synaogues on muslim or jewish holidays..
But to a parent of a child that isn't christian why should they have to learn the beliefs of another. It changed just before I left in it must have been 2001-2002 But I just looked up the site for my old school and this is there Religious Education policy:
Quote:As a multi-cultural school, Herne firmly believes that our pupils should be taught a broad Religious Education which focuses on the key principles of respect, tolerance and understanding for different beliefs and religions. This will best prepare our pupils for later life.
Parents have the right to withdraw children from religious lessons and daily worship in assemblies but it must be understood that such activities make a contribution to cross-curricular objectives pursued during the course of the school week.
So I guess its back to how it was when I went. This is a public funded school not a faith school which is kinda troubling. I'm not entirely sure how a school can be both multicultural and have worship of one religion while excluding pupils who don't participate by telling them to either sit there and ignore it or wait outside on your own every morning.
There website if your interested: http://www.schooljotter.com/showpage.php?id=118136
