Racial Segregation being taught at faith schools

[spring-peeper]

Sober up, come back. And be honest next time.

I haven't been drinking - yet.

 

[butchersapron]

Just stop talking shit then.

 

[spring-peeper]

You wouldn't have to do that here. Or, rather, you might, but that would most probably be because they were skiving science lessons when it was taught...

that and possibly the fact he was educated in French, so the terms were unfamiliar.

When he first started attending Catholic school, he used to drop in here a fair bit and ask me, "I learned this at school today. Is it true?". Most times when I discounted the story, he let out a sigh of relief and tell me "Good, so the radio/people/friends were right".

Sure, and there've been various stories about some of what's being taught in some faith schools - and not all of them private ones. There's no reason at all why courses with the sort of content described in the OP's link should receive any form of accreditation, though.

I'm thinking back to the op article and there was a piece in there about how some woman didn't know those passages existed. I'm not familiar enough with the initials of her position. She said that she had hoped that British teachers would discredit the apartheid stuff. I remember back in school system, my teachers would look at the text and say that stuff wasn't true.

I must admit that I have no idea how textbooks are rated over there. Here, it is up to the individual school boards. Nor do I know how your exams are set. I came from a province that had every child right the exact same test at the exact same time. These tests were fairly generic, a final exam in Sciences for example. I honesty don't remember any questions on religion or my specific view, just the facts.

As long as the children are getting enough information to write the test and pass, the State is happy.

 

[Roadkill]

I'm agreeing with you. Books like that have no place in a civilized country. What children are exposed to is a very serious matter.

Ah, I see. I couldn't work out if you were being sarcastic or not!

You can't really expect 'books like that' not to exist, or that kids will never have access to them, even in some schools. I certainly don't think they belong in state schools, but with private schools it's rather more up to them. I don't think it's realistic to expect things like this will never be taught, and a serious attempt to stop it - say by criminalisation - would be an unacceptable infringement of freedom of thought.

However, I do think it's outrageous that the government should be lending it any support, even by something as passive as accrediting a course. Unfortunately, though, it's not the first time the government has lent support to creationists in the classroom. BBC story

 

[spring-peeper]

Just stop talking shit then.

Yah no, just for once I decided that maybe, just maybe I'd surrender to the views of the board.

 

[butchersapron]

Vardy Foundation's schools all over now.

 

[spring-peeper]

Ah, I see. I couldn't work out if you were being sarcastic or not!

sorry

You can't really expect 'books like that' not to exist, or that kids will never have access to them, even in some schools. I certainly don't think they belong in state schools, but with private schools it's rather more up to them. I don't think it's realistic to expect things like this will never be taught, and a serious attempt to stop it - say by criminalisation - would be an unacceptable infringement of freedom of thought.

However, I do think it's outrageous that the government should be lending it any support, even by something as passive as accrediting a course. Unfortunately, though, it's not the first time the government has lent support to creationists in the classroom. BBC story

We have very similar problems here.

I remember a court case from a french text book. The kids had to make positive/negative sentences. One of the phrases was "I will play with immigrant children". The parents objecting to having their children write out "I will not play with immigrant children".

Over here, when a textbook (or idea) is found to be offensive, it is challenged in court.

 

[Roadkill]

Vardy Foundation's schools all over now.

Is it? Good.