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To: CatoRenasci
The broader point is that teachers should not impose their own political or religious agenda on their students, whether it be a leftist agaenda or a conservative agenda.

Would you extend this to private schools?

53 posted on 02/26/2004 7:43:07 AM PST by O.C. - Old Cracker (When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker
That would depend on whether the private school was explicit about it's programme when students were enrolled. If a school were to bill itself as a "communist" school or a "christian" school, and made it clear in its literature and in interviews with prospective students and their parents that that point of view would be taught, then I would not have a problem with it. If the private school billed itself as nonsectarian and nonideological (as most of the better prep schools do), then I have an issue with indoctrination.

For the most part, my point applies primariliy to state supported schools. My personal view is that teachers generally should assist students in learning to think for themselves, rather than inculcate a particular ideology, but I would not restrict the right of those who disagree to offer private ideologically-based instruction assuming they are candid about what they are doing.

54 posted on 02/26/2004 7:59:03 AM PST by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo [Gallia][Germania][Arabia] Esse Delendam --- Select One or More as needed)
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