I have only had two teachers that I truly respected in my school daze. One, of those was my 9th grade science teacher. I'm sure you will find this ironic, but he was a very devout Mormon, and took every opportunity to tell us his beliefs (we were always curious about the polygamy thing ;-)) and the morals that came with those beliefs. He was always walking a thin line with the school, but he didn't seem to care. The thing is, he never _taught_ us his morals, he just told us his. I learned to respect him, and admire him as a man because he didn't try to tell us what to do, he essentially taught us morals by example. He was a very upstanding kind of guy...
My point being that perhaps the solution to the religion in schools argument is not to teach the actual beliefs, but have teachers that teach by example. Kids dont need to have verses from the bible shoved down their throats, to learn morals, even morals founded in religion. They need to have the _reasons_ why these morals are good taught to them (not just because the Bible says so...). Let the kids figure if they want to follow the examples put forward by the teachers. Just some thoughts... jon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:15 AM Subject: RE: I'm speechless ... > Parents can only do so much. While I generally think parents can do more > than they do these days, it's also very hard to teach her children right > from wrong. I've been through it with my step-son, whom I raised for about > half his life. Both my wife and I are very sure of our moral position and > have tried our best to teach him right from wrong. But between what he got > in school and what he got from the mass media, he displays no signs of > accepting any moral code. Not that he's a bad person or evil or does a lot > of bad things, but the opinions he expresses or the positions he takes when > he's been caught, say, lying, are those of a situational ethicist. I find it > very disturbing. My only hope is that as he gets older, as often happens > with teen-agers, our words and our lessons will start to make more sense. > > H. > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
