Author's Note: On Abby's blog there is a post titles "Anti-Discrimination Against Religion or Anti-Religious", and I was going to leave a comment on there, but the comment got to long so I am making it a response post. This piece was inspired by Abby, and I would suggest reading her post before reading this.
In Abby's post she talked about how school seems like it is turning anti-religious, instead of anti-discrimination. She talked about how different sites where blocked when she searched a certain religion on Google, and also about how we should learn about different religions. I almost completely agree, with her.
Starting with those sites being blocked, a lot of those sites where forums and school blocks them just because of that and not because of any religious reasons. I don't necessarily agree with them blocking off some forums, but that is not the point of this post.
When Abby said that we should learn more about other religions, I agreed with her. We learned a little about this stuff in sixth grade, but it was all historical and didn't say anything about customs. Besides it was so boring I almost dropped dead. School should teach us more about different religions, but I don't really think that will ever happen.
So on to the third and last point, about school discriminating against different religions, I don't necessarily believe that is true. I believe that school wants us to believe in one thing that they decide on. I feel that school encourages us not to have a religion, or to believe in evolution as they teach evolution as a fact (biology class in high school). It seems to me that school and society does not want religion, because it might "offend" someone, but why should it offend someone? It is after all my beliefs not theirs.
Starting with those sites being blocked, a lot of those sites where forums and school blocks them just because of that and not because of any religious reasons. I don't necessarily agree with them blocking off some forums, but that is not the point of this post.
When Abby said that we should learn more about other religions, I agreed with her. We learned a little about this stuff in sixth grade, but it was all historical and didn't say anything about customs. Besides it was so boring I almost dropped dead. School should teach us more about different religions, but I don't really think that will ever happen.
So on to the third and last point, about school discriminating against different religions, I don't necessarily believe that is true. I believe that school wants us to believe in one thing that they decide on. I feel that school encourages us not to have a religion, or to believe in evolution as they teach evolution as a fact (biology class in high school). It seems to me that school and society does not want religion, because it might "offend" someone, but why should it offend someone? It is after all my beliefs not theirs.
This brings up a good point to what Abby was saying. I don't necessarily agree that the schools are trying to discourage it, but they certainly don't encourage it. I think the main reason is because they don't want to praise any one religion, but this could just help us to learn more about other people's beliefs and cultures. There is no point in trying to hide what is out there, and I think that schools should see that.
ReplyDeleteIt was cool how you built on a topic, and added your opinions, as well. Great job!
I agree. Schools in general don't try to encourage religious studies, and I think it's really important that we learn about different customs and practices from other parts of the world, as well as the world near us. Great job expanding on what Abby said.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely. And really good point at the end with how the schools don't want to offend anyone. I think it would be so interesting to learn the customs of other religions, but school doesn't want us to know so I guess all of us will have to learn on our own. I LOVE your blog, by the way. haha Dr.Suess is amazing.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, your comments are interesting, and I like to read your writing when you are passionate about a topic. Secondly, as a writing teacher, I am alarmed at your complete lack of regard for paragraphing! What the heck happened there? Don't forget that when you post, you want to have that academic standard apply that should always be in place. In the "real world" making those sort of errors can cause the reader to simply dismiss your ideas, thinking the author is addle minded. Finally, I agree with you about school and its approach to real beliefs and thoughts. School has its own agenda, and it is called social conditioning, or social engineering. Public school seeks to set out into society a largely single-minded group that will respond as predicted to information they receive.
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