EDUCATION: True or False (13)
lalasierralos angeles, California USA147 Threads 67 Polls 935 PostsCreationism is not a productive form of education in public schools. True or False?
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online today!online today!pisceslady7Kincumber nr. Gosford, New South Wales Australia21 Threads 4 Polls 1,910 PostsI have no problem with creation myths being taught as beliefs of different cultures. Some indigenous cultures have wonderful myths/creation stories.
HOWEVER, I would NOT want it taught as scientific fact, but as something that some people who have certain belief systems/faiths believe.
HOWEVER, I would NOT want it taught as scientific fact, but as something that some people who have certain belief systems/faiths believe.
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pisceslady7: I have no problem with creation myths being taught as beliefs of different cultures. Some indigenous cultures have wonderful myths/creation stories.
HOWEVER, I would NOT want it taught as scientific fact, but as something that some people who have certain belief systems/faiths believe.
HOWEVER, I would NOT want it taught as scientific fact, but as something that some people who have certain belief systems/faiths believe.
Traditions are an important part of education, and a way to teach.------ This thread is Archived ------
pisceslady7: I have no problem with creation myths being taught as beliefs of different cultures. Some indigenous cultures have wonderful myths/creation stories.
HOWEVER, I would NOT want it taught as scientific fact, but as something that some people who have certain belief systems/faiths believe.
HOWEVER, I would NOT want it taught as scientific fact, but as something that some people who have certain belief systems/faiths believe.
Some people believe in existence of god and some believe that god does not exist. Both are beliefs and not proved truths, so should be given equal weight in education. Of course, if one says that god created world 6000 years ago, they should be taught facts and research showing that this does not make sense. On the other hand, what do we know beyond the Big Bang? With god or without, the universe is mysterious.
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joyaepace: Some people believe in existence of god and some believe that god does not exist. Both are beliefs and not proved truths, so should be given equal weight in education. Of course, if one says that god created world 6000 years ago, they should be taught facts and research showing that this does not make sense. On the other hand, what do we know beyond the Big Bang? With god or without, the universe is mysterious.
Does that also apply to Santa Claus and the tooth fairy? or to the Loch Ness monster? the Yeti?
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Iuchi_Zien: Does that also apply to Santa Claus and the tooth fairy? or to the Loch Ness monster? the Yeti?
Along with religion, they can all be mentioned in their context, in public school curriculum. But they can not be presented as fact, as religionists would like.
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When my daughter was 11, she was set a religious studies homework assignment to create a spider diagram of things relating to the Hindu god, Shiva.
We had a look in my Dictionary of Beliefs and religions and, amongst a few other things, it said Shiva was sometimes visually depicted as a phallus in recognition of his creative role in the universe.
She came home from school a little put out saying my dictionary was wrong. I said I didn't think it was, but she insisted her teacher said her homework was all wrong, threw it away and she had to use Jane's spider diagram to draw her picture...
We had a look in my Dictionary of Beliefs and religions and, amongst a few other things, it said Shiva was sometimes visually depicted as a phallus in recognition of his creative role in the universe.
She came home from school a little put out saying my dictionary was wrong. I said I didn't think it was, but she insisted her teacher said her homework was all wrong, threw it away and she had to use Jane's spider diagram to draw her picture...
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Iuchi_Zien: Does that also apply to Santa Claus and the tooth fairy? or to the Loch Ness monster? the Yeti?
Teachers can't avoid children's questions about fairytales, religion or any other matter. And they have a dilemma about to stay apart of the teachings of parents and try to be objective.
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lalasierra: Creationism is not a productive form of education in public schools. True or False?
Back in the days I went to school , we had Darwin's theory of evolution as the Alpha and Omega .
Creationism and religion in general was presented as "opium for the masses", .Go figure, like Marxism wasn`t ...
The whole point of the educational system is to program us
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lalasierra: Creationism is not a productive form of education in public schools. True or False?
What is productive about formal education, period? they end up only giving you a stupid piece paper and ask for more money so they can give you another piece of paper.
This world is full of paper. Paper money, paper masks, paper plates, paper clips, paper holders, paper pants, wall paper, paper machettes, news paper and toilet paper. forget worthless paper educations and save the trees!
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A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another; and as the mould in which it casts them is that which pleases the dominant power in the government, whether this be a monarch, an aristocracy, or a majority of the existing generation; in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by a natural tendency to one over the body." - John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." - Joseph Stalin
"It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion." - Joseph Goebbels
Not exactly nice prospects!
"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." - Joseph Stalin
"It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion." - Joseph Goebbels
Not exactly nice prospects!
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
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On the otherhand
Catholic school uniforms for girls are one of the greatest inventions...combined with trampolines ...
okay Im gonna log off now and hide ...
Catholic school uniforms for girls are one of the greatest inventions...combined with trampolines ...
okay Im gonna log off now and hide ...
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