let's hear it for Belgians!

[cecilia]

http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2...hools-that-fail-to-teach-mandatory-curriculum

Earlier this year, the Flemish government issued new rules that would force both state-funded and private schools to teach mandatory curriculums — including evolutionary biology, human reproduction and other subjects considered "taboo" by the Charedi. Failure to teach the curriculum in full will result in the withdrawal of state funding.

Now, if only the idiots in the Southern states of the USA would get with the program instead of embracing that creationist bullshit. They act as if they hate their kids

 

[cecilia]

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2...hools-that-fail-to-teach-mandatory-curriculum



Now, if only the idiots in the Southern states of the USA would get with the program instead of embracing that creationist bullshit. They act as if they hate their kids

There should also be a mandatory religious studies course.

 

[cecilia]

There should also be a mandatory religious studies course.

exactly.
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." - Isaac Asimov, Russian-American author (c. 1920 - 1992)


My education in Catholic School taught me in great detail why religion is stupid. Knowledge is power. Keeping children ignorant is child abuse

I would also suggest advanced courses based on Joseph Campbell's findings

 

[Robert]

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Looks like they're going for an early bath.