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Originally Posted by photon
The downside is that it's an administrative nightmare, and undermines the system. There's no way to enforce it. There's no way to even notify parents.. sure they can tell them when the evolution section is coming up, but what if its brought up in class? Pull the fire alarm? Ask Billy to leave so it can be discussed? And it opens the door for parents to pull kids out for everything. Why should you be allowed to opt out of evolution when I can't take my kids out of learning about World War II because I'm a conscious objector (or because I'm a holocaust denier)?
What is wrong with learning about something you don't believe?
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It is not an administrative nightmare. You notify parents by letter sent home with the child whenever an evolution section comes up. If a question comes up in class otherwise, the teacher answers it. I'm sure the child will survive without leaving the room.
Parents do write letters to excuse little Johnny or Jane from certain school activities. Why make this a bigger issue than it is? The reason why the Alberta government signaled out evolution and sex education is because these are issues with a significant amount of parents. Your elected representatives decided to respect the wishes of these parents. The result will be that more of these kids will remain in public school.
So what's your solution? Keep these children isolated from public school if their parents won't knuckle under or better still have their parents arrested for child abuse?