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Originally Posted by DementedReality
thats a narrow way to describe it.
as a parent, i know my child best, even better than the child. no? if a subject is not appropriate for my child, of all the parties, who is best equiped to make that decision?
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Someone trained to make that decision. Do you really think you know better than the people who design educational curricula?
The fact is, many parents can't even be trusted to teach their children how to tie their shoes, let alone inform them about important--and yes, sometimes controversial--issues. Letting parents decide to pick-and-choose their favourite parts of the curriculum willy-nilly is a recipe for a generation of narrow-minded ignoramuses.
In the end, students aren't sent to school for the benefit of parents. Parents are, in a strict sense, not even an interest group, even if they are frequently interested parties.