Originally posted by Uabassoon
Hmm 50 years ago the majority of women didn't have jobs and weren't really given equal rights, blacks and whites couldn't attend classes together do you also think this had led to the school system going downhill? There is a reason why Christian schools exist. If you want your child praying in school then send him to a school where he can pray, but it shouldn't be forced upon people. My parents wanted me to learn catholic values so they sent me to catholic school. They didn't complain about how horrible the school system was because of lack of religion. Or maybe that was because both of them are public educators.
Gosh my response could fill a page in response to your first sentence, but I will spare you. I was hoping that with the end of the election peace would return to Pet Talk. My only comment is that my husband and I did send both of our children to a Christian school because we were tired of them being taught things at school that were contradictory to what we were teaching them at home. To do this cost us over $500 a month for several years and that was 10 years ago. I can't even imagine what it costs today. My hubby often said that we had to pay for freedom FROM our public schools. I didn't expect them to learn religion in public schools but I didn't want the secular school system telling them what to believe either. Oh, and I was in school 50 years ago (I was 7 years old). We had Bible reading each morning (from the Old Testament) and prayer right along with the flag salute and this was in a public school. We also learned about all religions and celebrated Christmas and Hanukkah openly. I am sure had there been any Muslims in the school system (there were none back then in my community) that their holidays would have been observed as well. By the way, our schools were closed for the high Jewish holidays back then too because my community had a large Jewish population. I feel that the demographics of your area has a lot to do with things. See, aren't you glad I didn't get wordy?