12-20-2015, 01:01 PM
(12-20-2015, 12:25 PM)Duchess Wrote: What about the parents who are open minded and have more than a grain of common sense and don't fear what they don't know? No consideration for them, huh? It often seems like stupid people rule.
Parents who don't object to lessons in world religions, sex education, and such have voices too. They have equal opportunity to make those voices heard and get involved in influencing the educational agenda. If they don't get involved, they have to accept the consequences and they always have the option of expanding their children's knowledge at home.
In this specific case, the parents who were not only objecting to the assignment but also frothing at the mouth and screaming for the teacher to get fired are such ignoramuses, in my opinion. Yeah, this non-Muslim teacher who was using a standard assignment from a World Religions workbook and also taught comparative pieces from three other religions is trying to convert their children to Islam!
I like this video synopsis of the story.