Required readings would include passages from Old and New Testament for students in middle school
The conservative-majority Texas State Board of Education is considering adding at least 15 passages from the Bible to a required reading list as part of English lessons in public schools – the latest push from conservatives to implement Christianity into school curriculums.
Beginning in middle school, Texas students could be forced to read stories from the Bible including Jonah and the Whale, David and Goliath, and Lamentations 3 in addition to passages such as The Definition of Love from the New Testament, according to the list reported by the New York Times.
The new proposed changes have raised concerns from advocacy groups and academics who believe the changes will teach children a one-sided history lesson and “indoctrinate” students.
And add koran and tora to it.
Are koran and tora references as common in western literature? Greek mythology references are very common and we sure learned about it in language courses. But koran? I can’t think of any important work that you would not be able to understand without learning about koran. It sure would be nice to expand the language courses and add books from other cultures but this would be a major re-work, not simply adding koran and tora. Early education also tends to focus on things kids are at least somehow familiar with so I’m not sure if adding books from Asia or Middle east would be a good idea.
Well then your argument is that you’re just a supremacist who wants to keep his inherently superior culture on top by unorganically indoctrinating people.
Jesus… (or should I said ‘Allah’ not to sound like a supremacist?) Accepting reality has nothing to do with supremacy or indoctrination. I’m as against the church as anyone but the fact is that Christianity had huge influence on our culture over many centuries. If you just purge it all out of the education you will be lying about history and creating ignorant people who will not be able to understand most of our history, art and literature. And yes, understanding history of the countries we live in is more important that understanding the history of other countries. Obviously I don’t really expect you to understand any of it. You sound like an angry teenager who’s rebelling against the whole world without understanding half of it.