How Should Religion Be Taught In Schools

America is one of the most religiously,diverse country on earth and yet we remain dangerously ignorant about religion.Experiences and knowledge gained in the early ages of life often have a major impact on how students interact with the world for the rest of their lives. This makes it a critical time for them to be educated about the various religions of the world. Schools have the ability to give students a better understanding of what is going on in the news, religious events held, as well as holidays.Although some believe that religion should not be taught in school because it will seem that the teachers are forcing a religion to kids who don't understand why people are in these religions in the first place, while others believe that Having …show more content…
According to text 31 it states “The idea of children praying in a mosque on a school-sponsored trip raised fears that the program was forcing religion on unsuspecting children”. In other worlds, There are claims that religion in schools will force kids to preach a religion they do not know about and that religion excludes students who are not religious or practices religion.This is not the strongest argument because there is no such thing as excluding someone from a religion , It's either their choice they don't want to participate or they don't care at all, religion is for anyone who seeks for it and wants guidance for themselves who are lost.Therefore,a stronger argument is that the constitution dictates that every person has the right to practice whatever religion they would like, at anytime and anywhere that they would like. Banning religion from schools is unconstitutional to religious students who want to practice or worship during the school