MinionZombie
07-Apr-2006, 04:10 PM
N.U.T. versus Faith Schools (http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nw06b.htm#Having_Faith_that_Segregation_Causes_Con flict)
Damn straight I say - faith schools shouldn't be state funded, they should be independent "specialist" schools. And if the Dispatches on Channel 4 a month or so ago is anything to go by, religious-controlled schools aren't all they're cracked up to be, especially when the school is the only school kids can go to (because they live in the faith school's catchment area).
Besides, surely only kids from families who want their kids to be taught with a religious upbringing should be going to these schools? I'm not saying get rid of them, but it seems unfair to make kids, who aren't 'of faith', to go to these particular schools. It also, as the article says, would promote segregation if they became much more popular - hence why they should be "special" schools, rather than state-funded.
A state funded school is like the High School I went to - it was open for everybody of any race or religion and in Religious Education classes we were taught about ALL religions, prayer was left to do in your own family time if that's what you're into, and evolution was rightly taught in biology.
Evolution is a science, I don't understand how creationism could be classed as a science - it's a belief, which surely belongs in Religious Education, or in the family sphere - OR - in a special school which isn't state funded, but is controlled by a religion.
I hope I'm getting my point across, I'm not saying get rid of anything, but surely it makes a lot of sense to class faith schools as specialist, not fund them by the state (i.e. the tax payer) and not force (through catchment areas) kids to go to the schools if they and their familes don't want them to go there.
I'm sure a lot of Muslims, Jews, athiests and so on would prefer their taxes to go towards state schools, which are of no particular religion, rather than funding a school which is run by a faith they don't believe in themselves.
Hopefully I haven't caused offense, not intending on it, simply trying to get across my view on this situation, not to rub-my-own-horn but I think the ideas I've suggested are quite fair for all involved...
*discuss* :rockbrow:
Damn straight I say - faith schools shouldn't be state funded, they should be independent "specialist" schools. And if the Dispatches on Channel 4 a month or so ago is anything to go by, religious-controlled schools aren't all they're cracked up to be, especially when the school is the only school kids can go to (because they live in the faith school's catchment area).
Besides, surely only kids from families who want their kids to be taught with a religious upbringing should be going to these schools? I'm not saying get rid of them, but it seems unfair to make kids, who aren't 'of faith', to go to these particular schools. It also, as the article says, would promote segregation if they became much more popular - hence why they should be "special" schools, rather than state-funded.
A state funded school is like the High School I went to - it was open for everybody of any race or religion and in Religious Education classes we were taught about ALL religions, prayer was left to do in your own family time if that's what you're into, and evolution was rightly taught in biology.
Evolution is a science, I don't understand how creationism could be classed as a science - it's a belief, which surely belongs in Religious Education, or in the family sphere - OR - in a special school which isn't state funded, but is controlled by a religion.
I hope I'm getting my point across, I'm not saying get rid of anything, but surely it makes a lot of sense to class faith schools as specialist, not fund them by the state (i.e. the tax payer) and not force (through catchment areas) kids to go to the schools if they and their familes don't want them to go there.
I'm sure a lot of Muslims, Jews, athiests and so on would prefer their taxes to go towards state schools, which are of no particular religion, rather than funding a school which is run by a faith they don't believe in themselves.
Hopefully I haven't caused offense, not intending on it, simply trying to get across my view on this situation, not to rub-my-own-horn but I think the ideas I've suggested are quite fair for all involved...
*discuss* :rockbrow: