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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Adventures in Education

Here are two stories that make me glad my both of my kids will finally be out of public education in another month.
The Pacific Justice Institute is suing a California school district after students were addressed by a lesbian pastor.

Brad Dacus, founder of the Pacific Justice Institute, tells OneNewsNow a lesbian minister visited Castro Valley High School and gave a presentation called "Out for Good." The parents found out about the incident after the fact.

"A lesbian minister was invited to guest lecture for math and science classes," he explains. "At that time, she shared her personal views on homosexuality, including a discussion of her lesbian wedding, the homosexual prom, and other such events and things that many parents were very concerned about once they heard this had taken place."

Parents requested information on what her teaching entailed, and the high school and district refused to share the information.

If a Baptist pastor had come into the classroom and explained the "Four Spiritual Laws", how do you think that would have gone over?

And then there's this:
A ninth grade history project at a high school in Pueblo was supposed to teach students about terrorism, but instead it outraged parents.

Gini Fischer says her daughter came home Thursday saying she had two minutes to come up with a plot for an act of terrorism.

Over 110 freshmen at Pueblo County High School were given the project.

The teacher claims the assignment was to illustrate an act of terrorism by a foreign government on American soil.

Fischer says, “To ask them to use their creative energies to come up with a plot for an act of terrorism is very ludicrous.”

District 70 Superintendent Dr. Dan Lere said students may have misinterpreted the assignment.

He says if a student, “actually did illustrate an act of terrorism that they might commit, let’s say against the school, we’ve expelled students for that.”

The school district has decided to collect the assignment from students and destroy them.

It just goes to show you that you can hold degrees and be considered highly educated and still be a complete idiot.

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