Thursday, September 14, 2006
Quick question
Well, maybe not too quick. Anyways, my three-year-old daughter goes to a school here in L.A. From what I see, its pretty good. The Menahel is very tolerant of different levels of how observant families are. Most families are M.O. Anywho, it was back to school night yesterday and my wife had to go cause she teaches there. She told me about the science teacher they have there. He is a non-Jew English man that has been working there for eight years. Science for him is very important. He has come to an agreement with the school about what he is going to teach. He decided to leave certain things out of the curriculum all together. His philosophy is that he would rather not teach a certain subject rather than teach the kids something half-assed in order to not get into conflict with the Limudei Kodesh (I'm assuming). So, my question is, is this a good thing? I don't really know yet. I mean, won't it lead to problems still when at home you talk about the age of the earth and the kids wonder why the teacher did not mention it?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I agree with this philosophy. Better not teach it if they can't teach it well.
ReplyDeleteBut at the same token, this is not an excuse to avoid necessary discussion on whether the questionable curriculum can be taught well and to make every effort to do so before copping out.
this is pretty crazy
ReplyDeleteWeb Posting Hints Columbine Link in Montreal Shooting
I agree as well. It's better than most Jewish schools, that's for certain.
ReplyDeleteMost science classes don't cover everything, so this will just cover different areas than most.
Yesterday, I was the campus and I saw a rabbi pulling into the lot. He had a bumper sticker that read "Evolution is Science Fiction." LOL, I guess they don't bother learning evolution there.
ReplyDeleteRemind me why I'm sending my kids to orthodox school and not Public school.
Silly Hyrax. Of course, he means to cut off the word fiction!
ReplyDeleteGo Yula and see what happens.
ReplyDeleteGo Yula and see what happens.
ReplyDeleteLOL, Why don't YOU tell me what happens.
What do you prefer that the parents vote on it, and the losers will end up pulling their kids out and starting another school which will break up over another controversy?
ReplyDeleteIf I were the teacher, and the kids were old enough, I would have them do research and debate.
ReplyDeleteI mean, won't it lead to problems still when at home you talk about the age of the earth and the kids wonder why the teacher did not mention it?
Aren't parents going to disagree on the age of the earth anyway? Who's ultimately responsible for teaching children, especially on controversial issues such as this?
Remind me why I'm sending my kids to orthodox school and not Public school.
If it's that big an issue to you, maybe you should send them to a government indoctrination center. Or if you want the evolution w/o the government indoctrination, you could choose a secular private school.
HH,
ReplyDeleteMy experience with Yula is years and years past. Besides since she is all of 3 it is hard to say what school will be like in a few years.
You could always go Shalhevet.
I prefer that philosophy over the "put everything and everyone else down to bring yourself up temporarily" philosophy.
ReplyDeleteBetter not present certain subjects, than do a transparent and terrible job of presenting others.
government indoctrination center. nice. what exactly is the government indoctrinating you with?
ReplyDeletewhat exactly is the government indoctrinating you with?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe somebody asked that question. Are you aware of the current uproar by conservatives over California schools promoting homosexuality starting in kindergarten, and denying parents the long-recognized right to exclude their children? How 'bout conformity, moral relativity, modern liberalism, 'tolerance' only of the opinions sanctioned by modern liberalism, moral equality of all religions including the one that currently promotes worldwide terrorism; is that enough examples?
Are you aware of the current uproar by conservatives over California schools promoting homosexuality starting in kindergarten
ReplyDeleteThat is the height of hyperbole.
Uh, I'm not sure which part you think is exaggerated. 'uproar', 'promoting homosexuality', or 'kindergarten'?
ReplyDelete