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Originally Posted by host
Can anyone argue that public schools should not respond to STD epidemic conditions, harrassment and violence in schools that is directed at non-hetero sexual students, high rates of teen suicides, in the face of official studies that document these conditions in the U.S., by educating students with curriculum that is founded on scientific findings and determinations?
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I can and will. It is a PARENTS responsibility to provide that teaching of values, safety, and most of all RESPECT of other people. If there is an STD epidemic going around, the school should ONLY notify the parents. If there is harrasment of violence directed towards students for ANY reason, the authorities (police) should be called so that the parents will HAVE to get involved.
If not....is it responsible for schools, although they must deal with the grief of suicide, the effects of STD's, and of violence and harrassment that disrupts the learning environment, to avoid these issues...to leave them to parents to discuss with their children?
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Originally Posted by host
If schools choose a path of trying to determine what science to embrace, and what science to challenge, how would they determine what science to challenge, and on what grounds? Should entire sections of the country, if the community "standard" is religiously influenced belief in "young earth", "intelligent design", and gender preference is a choice, theory, do states allow these ideas to be taught in public schools on the taxpayers' dime?
Do the rest of us just sit back and watch as these regions turn out "professionals" with degress in specialties like, "young earth geology"? Oil and mining expolaration companies don't hire these grads....so maybe they can get jobs teaching young earth "science" in the public high schools that they attended?
Don't those of us unaffected by religious extremism at least have an obligation to expose it, rail against it, try to keep taxpayer funds from supporting it, and from keeping it's militancy from influencing public school curriculum, and policy, and endangering the mental and physical health of our young people?
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If Backwater, Tennessee chooses to do nothing but immerse and teach that communities children 'young earth science', then they will churn out 'young earth academics' who will have NOTHING to contribute to the world. With that in mind, Backwater, Tennessee will wither and die OR they will realize that they've jacked up their community and change for the better.
Before college academics SHOULD be teaching their kids how to do the basics and more of JUST the skills needed to make it on their own. AFTER that is what college is for.