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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 377600" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>While most of these statements in the CRC I happen to agree with and don't have a problem with, this one would be a problem for us in Australia - </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In Australian public schools, the teaching of scripture must be made available to all students. Parents have to opt out rather than opt in. A lot of private schools are church-based and for them, religious instruction is mandatory for all students. We have Christian schools (various denominations); Jewish schools and Muslim schools as well as secular private schools. However, the majority of Aussie school students are taught in government schools but all have access to religious instruction (mostly Christian but if numbers permit, other religious education is freely available).</p><p></p><p>I do worry about students who are home-schooled because the parents feel that the public schooling options available are "likely to corrupt". They happen to live in a society where that public schooling is a reflection of that country's society, and when they finish their schooling, I would expect (and hope) that those students will be given an opportunity to become active participants in that country's business life. But if they've been so sheltered form it and indoctrinated against it, how can they be able to cope? Surely it's better to expose them to it at a level they can handle, and at the same time educate the kids to be able to exercise the family moral stance while working in that environment. </p><p></p><p>To label the country you live in as "corrupt" - why do they stay? They should move to a country where their ideas are better fitted, so they do not have to isolate their children from society.</p><p></p><p>In our own family, the choice to educate difficult child 3 by correspondence is far more complex. If we're going to bring in UN regulations, then our Aussie education officials will find themselves in deep doo-doo.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 377600, member: 1991"] While most of these statements in the CRC I happen to agree with and don't have a problem with, this one would be a problem for us in Australia - In Australian public schools, the teaching of scripture must be made available to all students. Parents have to opt out rather than opt in. A lot of private schools are church-based and for them, religious instruction is mandatory for all students. We have Christian schools (various denominations); Jewish schools and Muslim schools as well as secular private schools. However, the majority of Aussie school students are taught in government schools but all have access to religious instruction (mostly Christian but if numbers permit, other religious education is freely available). I do worry about students who are home-schooled because the parents feel that the public schooling options available are "likely to corrupt". They happen to live in a society where that public schooling is a reflection of that country's society, and when they finish their schooling, I would expect (and hope) that those students will be given an opportunity to become active participants in that country's business life. But if they've been so sheltered form it and indoctrinated against it, how can they be able to cope? Surely it's better to expose them to it at a level they can handle, and at the same time educate the kids to be able to exercise the family moral stance while working in that environment. To label the country you live in as "corrupt" - why do they stay? They should move to a country where their ideas are better fitted, so they do not have to isolate their children from society. In our own family, the choice to educate difficult child 3 by correspondence is far more complex. If we're going to bring in UN regulations, then our Aussie education officials will find themselves in deep doo-doo. Marg [/QUOTE]
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