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If the school claims to be a Christian institution and they don't stick to a Christian perspective, what's the point of sending them to a Christian school?

That's not my point (or my wife's). And actually it may be the school that is in for the shock. It's one thing to not want your kids to read certain things. And like I said, the reading list was a suggested list. They are free to read anything they choose. She was given some guidelines by the school administrator, and she has stayed within those guidelines.

I have trouble with labeling things "Christian" just because. And especially have trouble with accepting the mediocre just because it's "for the Lord."

She IS teaching things from a Biblical world view. But it's simply fantasy to deny that sex, drugs and rock and roll are happening. And, by the time these kids are in the 10th grade, they should be making some of those value judgements on their own.

IMHO, anyone who asks if a suggested list of reading materials is approved for "Christian" families has a very small world view.

Morning Corin,

"But it's simply fantasy to deny that sex, drugs and rock and roll are happening. "

Not to mention a good many other current events, past history, literature, etc.

Wow I missed a doozy of a conversation last night. I have to put my two cents in. I have studied to be a public school teacher (finished with everthing but certification), but I don't want my kids (when I have them) to go to public school. I want to homeschool them (much to the chagrin of my father). The reason being, not so that I can shelter them from the world, but so that I can know what they are being taught, and not taught the junk that is slipped into the public school curriculum. I also want to allow my kids to have to hands on one-on-one attention, as well as the pace they need without having to contend with 15-20 other students. As a teacher, when you have that many kids in one classroom, some get left behind as well as some are bored out of their skulls. When I do teach my own children, I aim to give them a well rounded view of the world, not a narrow unrealistic one. there are books that I won't allow my children to read simply because they teach things contrary to what I believe, but I won't restric them to only "Christian" books. If I did that I wouldn't be able to let them even read LOTR, since it is fantacy not "Christian". Had to put my two cents in.