In an ideal democracy should parents be free to send their children to a denominational school (e.g. Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, etc.) and have them indoctrinated in the family religion, or should all schools be non-denominational?
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palmagma
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Under the "Freedom of Religion" section of the US Constitution (USA) in which I believe and support 100,000%, parents should be free to brainwash their children with any religion they choose, unfortunately. +5
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In an ideal Republic parents should be free to send their children to denominational schools though the schools have to be properly vetted in their curricula in order for the students to get diplomas. . A Democracy can do whatever 51% of the population feels is best, such that if 51% of the population were Catholic, they could legitimately prevent anyone from opening a school that wasn't Catholic. . I'm not that pleased with religious schools as they sometimes teach some wacky things, even dangerous things. But I'm even less pleased with public schools which sometimes barely teach at all.
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In an ideal world, all schools should be private, not a dime of taxpayer money going to them, and the parents could then choose the ones they believe are best suited for their child. The bonus is, taxpayers who don't use the school system aren't on the hook to pay for somebody elses kids education. Here's a motto to live by: If it could be privatized, it should be privatized.
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I went to a private school, and I don't believe I was indoctrinated. I have friends who went to school with me who, after going college changed their minds about what they believed, and some who changed their minds during high school. I have other friends who went to public schools who ended up changing their minds after their beliefs both during and after high school. In fact, people are no more indoctrinated in private schools then private. They're taught atheistic ideals the same way a Christian school would teach Christian ideals. Nothing against public school. It's just the way things are.
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There is no such thing as "an ideal democracy." If there were, however, religious instruction would be fine, as long as the school included the courses mandated by the elected officials of the appropriate level of government.
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There is no reason that children cannot go to denominational schools on the understanding that they still have to support public schools with their taxes. For those of you bad mouthing public schools, remember that they don't get to cherry pick students and they have students cherry picked from them. Studies have shown that when you factor those things out, they perform just as well as private schools. and because the students meet a wider variety of people, they come away from the experience better socialized.
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In an ideal democracy, a parent can send their child to any school they please....kinda like now. Democracy itself isn't perfect, so we aren't perfect, but it's the best thing going. I don't want it tinkered with. I like having choices. +5
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