| Topic: | Re:DOW - Gunnersbury School Admission Policy | |
| Posted by: | Shaun Joynson | |
| Date/Time: | 31/10/05 17:38:00 |
| No sir, as a teacher I say that it is not acceptable in the 21st Century. However, it is backed up by the full force of the law and once Ms Kelly and her other religious mates in the Cabinet bring in the ridiculous policies they announced last week, this will happen more and more and more, until eventually every child in this country will be separated for educational purposes purely on the grounds of parental religous belief. Expect race riots and Northern Ireland style divisions to become a routine part of British society with the next few years. Just a couple of weeks ago I got a taste of that future when I spoke to a couple of moderately religious students in one of my classes who go to a very respectable and allegedly reasonable place of worship. The filth that came out of their mouths surprised even me, and if they are getting that in one visit a week, whats it going to be like when their religion sets up a school to hold them in for 35 hours a week. There is no logical reason of any kind whatsoever why when a child says 'Excuse me miss, but what is 1 + 1?' that a teacher can (with the full weight of English law) say 'Sorry I cannot tell you that, your parents are not religious enough'. Can I suggest you join myself and others in the National Secular society who actively campaign against this nonsense so that the government gets the message that schools are for teaching not for preaching? see www.secularism.org.uk People are of course free to believe what they like - no matter how stupid it happens to be - but I think there is a limit to what beliefs should be supported by the taxpayer. Bear in mind that at the last census thousands of people put Jedi Knight in the religious box, meaning they were given a catagorisation and - under the rules - ought soon to be able to set up their own faith school with public funds. Where they to do that with private funds that would be their business. But public state schools should be entirely free of religion - including RE lessons - because the best chance we have of ensuring peace and stability in our society is by ensuring that every child is educated with every child. |