Slamming Patrick Henry College (the college of homeschoolers)

Voice of Freedom ^ | By Lorelei Jackson and Mauricio Rosas

[Carry_Okie]

Math and the pure science (by which I mean physics, of course) are becoming muddied with mediocrity. Meaningful education in the above should be spent on those who deserve it, i.e. those who are actually going to go out and do something useful in life...

Just think, if math, chemistry, physics, and biology were done before high school graduation we'd have a whole new level of mediocrity, hell almost as good as Japan's!

At least I wouldn't spend as much of my time as I do explaining things to people who haven't a clue. Life as a nerd would then be more rewarding. Heck there might even be lab assistants who don't require training in experimental design!

[Law]

Fortunately, Christians are taught the importance of religious plurality...

I think you meant to say "religious pluralism." If so, you should know this is simply a modern PC term for ancient pagan "polytheism," or the belief in many gods. That religious philosophy is common to classical Greece and Roman and...contemporary America. It's far from biblical.

The Christian view is: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD." (Psalm 33"12a). Moderns think a nation may have no gods or many gods, but the biblical view is that the only nation that is blessed (over a long time) is the nation whose God is the one God.

That being the teaching of the Bible, I sure hope PHC does NOT "teach the importance of pluralism".

[Law]

The course offerings in Science and Math are virtually nonexistent. In this day and age, those involved in government policy, at a minimum, need a solid foundation in probability, statistics, calculus, differential equations and physics. In a society that argues the merit of every case and political position based on scientific "studies" and research, it is critical that politicians of the future have the basics required to distinguish between BS and fact. I am surprised that the founders of Patrick Henry College have made such a glaring omission.

PHC can't teach every important subject from the beginning -- or even in the first four years. It's better to teach a small number of things well than many things poorly, and PHC has been very judicious in its initial choices, given its limited resources.

[Law]

I can't wait until PHC has a competitive marksmanship team!

Indeed. After that, they should add fencing and archery. These sports are much better matches to PHC's stated goals...

[Law]

I respectfully don't think it necessary for a legislator or policymaker to have an extensive background in calculus, physics, statistics and the like. Critical thinking skills would be my main criteria there!

The notion that "critical thinking" is the aim of education is derived from the socialist educational philosophy of John Dewey. The problem with this approach is that it ignores the fact that real critical thinking requires real content. That is, real knowledge of calculus, physics, statistics, and the like. Without such content, there is no critical thinking.

[TheDon]

Actually, I meant to say that Christians, are in general, taught to respect the right of others to worship God as they please. Unlike other religions, like say, Islam! Aren't you glad the US was founded on Christian ideals of religious tolerance, rather than Islamic intolerance?

[Debatebabe]

To whom wrote this article:

Give me one example of a corrupt government in history that was rooted in the Christian faith ... and then you can debate!