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From: jjm@pecnos.UUCP (Jim Moseman)
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Subject: Re: "Secular Humanism" banned in the US Schools.
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 11:57:08 EDT
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In article <10334@ucbvax.ARPA> mcgeer@ucbvax.UUCP (Rick McGeer) writes:
>
>	In short, my friends, the real trouble is not what the public schools
>teach, it's that there are public schools.  It's absurd to expect that a
>homogenous institution can faithfully serve a diverse society.  Why not
>permit people to send kids to the school of their choice, within certain
>(rudimentary) guidelines, and give them vouchers that can be redeemed by the
>school for a (fixed) amount of cash?  If the school wants to charge more, that
>comes out of the parent's pocket.  But this way, every kid gets educated, at
>the school of his parent's choice.  And you people can choose the school that's
>right for you instead of fighting over the shape of the one you have.
>
>					Rick.

The trick is in establishing the guidelines (rudimentary or not).  This is
what the controversy over public school curricula is about.  You seem to
imply that basic science such as the theory of evolution should fall
outside the guidelines - I disagree.  How about teaching that the earth is
round?  Is it not required since it might offend members of the Flat Earth
Society?  What about reading?  (The "Television Is The Only Truth" sect
doesn't beleive in it.)  If we could agree on the guidelines, it becomes
a relatively simple matter to have the publice school system implement
them.  



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Jim Moseman @ Perkin-Elmer, Tinton Falls, N.J.
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