Reply #30: 'Afraid' has nothing to do with it [View All]

[Orrex]

And even if you wouldn't have minded, it's not for you to declare it "okay" for public school teachers to spread the Word.

The teacher overstepped her authority. By witnessing about one particular religious belief system, she was clearly giving weight to that belief in favor of others.

By implying that parents are "afraid" of exposing their children to other views, you are insulting those parents and trying to misdirect the topic. I am most certianly not "afraid" to let my children learn of other cultures or religious beliefs, provided that no one belief is implicitly given as the right or predominant one.

Did the teacher provide info about Mohammed or Krishna? Or is that a lesson for another day?


The teacher was clearly in the wrong. The OP should contact the school to confirm the school's guidelines for discussing religion in class: if the teacher acted outside those guidelines, then this should be reported; if she was within the guidelines, then those guidelines should be re-evaluated.