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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Mommy and Daddy made little Johnny and Jane. They invest vast chunks of their lives and wealth in raising Johnny and Jane. They do their best for Johnny and Jane. There is no way the State should force these dedicated parents to attend any training or educational class that they are opposed to. If any of you have better ideas on how a child should be raised get your own!
The problem most parents have with some one they don't know teaching things like the origin of life or sexuality is the way it will be presented. Micro evolution doesn't prove macro evolution. Nor does it explain chemical evolution or the vast gaps in the fossil record. If Photon is your teacher you won't here such things. As a parent I have a big problem with that.
By Alberta legistating notification of parents when these hot button issues come up they are allowing many parents a comfort level which might allow them to leave their children in public school. This benefits Alberta because the declining enrollment rates (due to people having less children) effects schools abilities to offer educational choices. Homeschoolers which are growing in numbers compound enrollment problems. It's a good compromise.
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If you know better than the scentific community then why not let the public school teach your children the accepted theories and then teach them on your own or through an alternative means whatever it is you believe to be correct and let their brilliant minds arrive at the truth? Why is it so necessaary to have children not even learn the theory accepted by the scientific community?
Is this another one of those "The 15 year old brain isn't as developed as an 18 year old adult brain and therefore children should be shielded against the world until they have been exposed by enough of the 'right' propaganda as to be strong willed enough to reject the 'wrong' propaganda when they become adults?