tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post2864346239568505238..comments2023-12-14T09:00:17.911+00:00Comments on Stages Of Succession: Faith SchoolsJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-23590528809964282712012-07-24T02:07:49.350+01:002012-07-24T02:07:49.350+01:00I start my bio classes by reading five creation st...I start my bio classes by reading five creation stories, then tell the students to never listen to any one who is dead certain how life started on this planet. I tell them that one can view the world spiritually and scientifically at the same time, but for the rest of the year we will focus on science, which in my classroom means we don't try to prove or disprove God, we just let him be.Stratozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-18196900036023639812012-07-19T17:01:45.209+01:002012-07-19T17:01:45.209+01:00Aww :)
Seriously, religion can be a beautiful thi...Aww :)<br /><br />Seriously, religion can be a beautiful thing. It marks Humanity's first attempts to explain our world, from which evolved philosophy and ultimately science. It gets ugly when it forces ignorance upon those so young that they lack the independence to choose between ignorance and knowledge for themselves. <br /><br />Doing so on the basis of one man's far-right interpretation of a bunch of texts written two thousand years ago, in my own view, is bordering upon child abuse. <br /><br />In other news: painting a fence is more fun with perry...MischievousBastardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-51691813717871135882012-07-19T15:30:52.027+01:002012-07-19T15:30:52.027+01:00Have I ever told you how proud I am to have taught...Have I ever told you how proud I am to have taught you MB? Points all very eloquently made, and I'm particularly taken with your middle paragraph.<br /><br />Education is an act of love. And it is our duty, whether as parents, teachers or others in the community, to get children to the stage that they can keep themselves healthy and happy without them. In fact, preparing offspring for life without their parents is pretty much what all animals who nurture their young do.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-74745276165991494872012-07-18T21:26:57.431+01:002012-07-18T21:26:57.431+01:00Anonymous, you mental?
A "scare story"...Anonymous, you mental? <br /><br />A "scare story" is baseless bunk, like how the MMR jab causes autism. Established fact is not a scare story, though it can be scary. For a school to deny its' students knowledge of how the world is understood to work, how their bodies are understood to work and how to prevent disease because of one man's far-right interpretation of a collection of texts written over two thousand years ago is reprehensibly negligent. That is not a scare story, that is verifiable fact. <br /><br />To argue against keeping the next generation of our species in such ignorance is not an act of hatred, it is an act of love. If you love a child, you arm that child with the knowledge s/he needs to remain safe and healthy. It is denying the child such things which marks you as full of hatred. <br /><br />To preach such hate whilst wearing the mask of anonymity marks you as craven. Educate yourself, find the sort of truth that you can have courage in.MischievousBastardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-90362444624049509252012-07-18T20:13:02.833+01:002012-07-18T20:13:02.833+01:00Ooh, careful honey, you don't want to start as...Ooh, careful honey, you don't want to start asking for "evidence" from anonymous commenters. Don't you know facts, evidence and rationality are the hallmarks of persecution?<br /><br />Of course, requesting that they identify themselves or you'll ban their comments will just further prove to them that you've got it in for them, rather than merely being the civil request to face your accuser than any rational human being might expect when engaged in discussion....Paulhttp://www.paulanderson.org.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-37974304766253818562012-07-18T20:12:38.070+01:002012-07-18T20:12:38.070+01:00You may well have saved their lives. Well done. I ...You may well have saved their lives. Well done. I really value the opportunities I have to help students understand their own bodies.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-25920716473277673382012-07-18T20:07:44.092+01:002012-07-18T20:07:44.092+01:00No, the point is that in the second sentence of my...No, the point is that in the second sentence of my post I specifically said the faith schools had pissed me off on two fronts, and then I went on to describe those two fronts. Don't attempt to tell me off on my own blog for not writing the post you think I wrote. The articles referenced are well supported by <i>evidence</i>, a concept which, I suspect, is one you do not have a lot of time for.<br /><br />Your second paragraph is skirting close to defamation. I would remind you that your IP address is absolutely not anonymous, and that further comments of that nature will result in you being reported to your broadband provider. And far from destruction.<br /><br />And would you please quote the place where I said anything about destroying faith schools?Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-67946766006997692872012-07-18T19:53:35.465+01:002012-07-18T19:53:35.465+01:00One of my greatest achievements as a science teach...One of my greatest achievements as a science teacher was having two BTEC Y11 students get the HPV vaccine their parents had refused on religious grounds. I gave them the facts, without bias, made the point that HPV Vaccine doesn't make you have sex, it just protects you from getting 70% of cancers in your cervix. This was in a BTEC Lesson within the Human Health module (vaccinations, menstrual cycle, etc). <br /><br />The girls went home, spoke to their parents and got the jab. Both are eldest in large families. Younger sister in Y9 is getting the jab right now as well :)<br /><br />The same girl now asked her younger sister today to ask me about going on the pill for her acne. Could I give her some advice about would she still be able to have babies later if she went on the pill now?<br /><br />These girls are so unaware of their own bodies because parents don't talk to them. Mum has 8 children under 16. The girls want more than that for themselves. Imagine if I worked in a school where I wouldn't be able to answer honestly.Blog of Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691638091912927064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-60412334850799877972012-07-18T19:50:20.875+01:002012-07-18T19:50:20.875+01:00The point is that if you have a sound argument aga...The point is that if you have a sound argument against faith schools you would have made it, rather than resorting to repeating bizarre scare stories.<br /><br />I chose anonymity because it is generally best not to provide a target for people who appear motivated by hatred. Love the idea that destroying faith schools is "liberal" though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-4013625148898259042012-07-18T19:00:26.826+01:002012-07-18T19:00:26.826+01:00I note you don't have the courage of your conv...I note you don't have the courage of your convictions to append a name to this... I can assure you I have many more idealogical objections to faith schools, including indoctrination, selection by the back door and lack of decent sex education. Simply, state-funded faith schools have no place in a liberal, secular society.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333714218933071005.post-53432575076612610742012-07-18T18:48:54.226+01:002012-07-18T18:48:54.226+01:00You appear to be condemning over 6000 schools on t...You appear to be condemning over 6000 schools on the grounds of two stories, with very few details, about less than two dozen schools in total. (And that's without even considering the possibility the stories might not be accurate: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/18/creationist-free-schools-hysteria )<br /><br />Who is being illiberal here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com