[Vision2020] Interesting Report by S&P on Michigan's Govt Schools

[Dale Courtney]

I wrote:
> "But you do have religious indoctrination. The primary questions being
> addressed by virtually any general form of educating children (past and
> present) are profoundly religious. At the very least the list includes the
> following:
>
> Where did I (the student) come from?
> What relationship do I have with all these other people?
> How did the world come to be here?
> What is authority and who wields it?
> How should I respond to the rules of behavior authority presents to me?
> What is my purpose in life?
> Is there something, anything "out there" greater than me to which I must
> answer?"

Tom replied:
> Religious indoctrination is not found in asking the questions, but how
those
> questions are answered.

Agreed, to a point. Although the questions asked (or not asked!) are
filtered thru the worldview being imposed. Because of a certain worldview,
certain questions are "out of bounds" or may not be asked or addressed.

> Religious indoctrination is not found in asking the questions, but how
those
> questions are answered.

So, Tom, how *should* the government schools answer these questions?

Dale Courtney
Moscow, Idaho