“Anything that would lead to educational Balkanism should be discouraged.”
Balkanism primarilly occurs from:
1. Islamo-facists
2. A nation with multiple languages.
A variety of education would primarilly be motivated by parents who want their kids ready for the workplace. Teaching Christian or Jewish values will lead to more harmony — not less. To think that most US religious schools would cause Balkanism is laughable. I mean get serious: kids shooting each other down over the evolution debate?
“Science offers verifiable knowledge; religion does not.”
Some science does. And some science is nothing but leftist hogwash.
” ... extreme religious fundamentalism, is akin to child abuse. ... “
Oooh. Can you make religious schools sound more spooky please?
“If you have only fundamentalist schools that exposure to verifiable knowledge is missing entirely. I do not consider that a worthy goal.”
Competition leads to fundamentalism? It sounds as though you are scared of most religious parents. Do you think the drop in America’s violence has anything to do with our public school system? I believe it’s because of American parents. And note that with the flood of undocumented foreign criminals, we still are enjoying a drop in violence. Such fear appears irrational to me.
Very good points. It seems to me that if everyone took a mind-your-own-business approach to things and didn’t care what Johnny down the street was taught, arguments like these would not be necessary. But unfortunately we have too many people, on both sides, who feel they have to stick their noses into other people’s lives.