Reason #2,326 To Homeschool
December 13, 2007 by Laura | Trackback URI
Being able to do a book report on Atlas Shrugged or learn the truth about the Crusades and European history instead of wasting time on nonsense like this:
Lawsuit targets history teacher’s comments - Los Angeles Times
James Corbett, who teaches Advanced Placement European history at Capistrano Valley High School, consistently “demonstrates a sense of hostility toward religion,” causing Christian students to “feel ostracized and treated as second-class citizens,” according to the lawsuit filed in federal district court in Santa Ana by Chad Farnan, 16, and his parents, Bill and Teresa.The lawsuit contends, among other things, that Corbett told students during class that “when you put on your Jesus glasses, you can’t see the truth”; said that religion is not “connected with morality”; compared Christians to “Muslim fundamentalists” who want women to “stay pregnant, barefoot, and in the kitchen and have babies until your body collapses”; and suggested that churchgoers are more likely to commit rape and murder.
That is frightening. I would expect a teacher in a public school to show at least some measure of respect to religions…even those counter to his (or to mine).
Or just stick to teaching European History… obviously Christianity has had a major impact on Europe, but he could have stuck to the facts and skipped the editorializing. Too much to ask, evidently.