Many schools around the country have accepted this policy and do grant parents the ability to block their students from certain curriculum, however many schools have also disallowed opting out. The argument at hand is what public education systems should do to acknowledge religious objections and the separation between church and state. I strongly believe that in order to truly have a country that recognizes the importance of the separation between church and state, public schools must educate students in varieties of perspectives and should not allow parents to withdraw their students from portions of public school curriculum. It is important for students to have a variety of perspectives to not only be autonomous but also productive members of society. Learning values from diverse educational backgrounds promotes the very values that a liberal democracy is based upon, and creates autonomous, legitimate citizens. In the next paragraphs I will relate class readings with rationale of my
Many schools around the country have accepted this policy and do grant parents the ability to block their students from certain curriculum, however many schools have also disallowed opting out. The argument at hand is what public education systems should do to acknowledge religious objections and the separation between church and state. I strongly believe that in order to truly have a country that recognizes the importance of the separation between church and state, public schools must educate students in varieties of perspectives and should not allow parents to withdraw their students from portions of public school curriculum. It is important for students to have a variety of perspectives to not only be autonomous but also productive members of society. Learning values from diverse educational backgrounds promotes the very values that a liberal democracy is based upon, and creates autonomous, legitimate citizens. In the next paragraphs I will relate class readings with rationale of my