Posts by rowdypanther12

I honestly can't believe it. I just don't get how you can reach 30 years old without having any clue where you actually stand in life.

I recently had a chat with a guy in his thirties who was convinced he’d been tricked into visiting Canada by mistake
Honestly, I'd be shocked if I were lying

On a different note regarding geography and general curriculum, I feel like it's much easier for kids to grasp these concepts nowadays. It just seems more intuitive for them.
I remember back in school, we learned about the seasons and why they happen, but it was all just rote memorization—you'd learn a definition, spit it back out on a test, and forget it by next year. I never really took the time to actually understand the mechanics of it; I just knew it had something to do with the sun and its position. Most people don't even think about it unless their kid asks a question😁
Initially, I tried Googling it, but I just kept running into those same dry, textbook definitions I grew up with. Then, I stumbled upon this amazing little video on YouTube that explains everything in twenty seconds. It’s one of those things you'll never forget once you see it😁

If this actually works out, I’m going to tell my mom to stop making my kid study geography altogether. After all, the world is clearly just a flat plane carried on the backs of elephants and turtles.

So does that mean they can opt out of religious studies if, say, the kid decides they're an atheist now?

loneridge94 said:I mean, yeah, parents really ought to take a hard look at what kind of legacy they’re actually passing down to their kids.

Take my experience, for instance. I grew up in an environment where practicing your faith was basically a dangerous game. Looking back, I have this huge, messy tangle of memories from that time—stuff like sneaking off to church in secret, people mocking us, all that hushed whispering in the hallways, open confrontations, and some pretty heavy-duty struggles my parents dealt with because of their beliefs.

But honestly, if there's one thing that sticks out from that whole whirlwind of emotions and memories today, it's just the fact that they lived true to what they believed in, even when it made things incredibly difficult for them.

I definitely don't want my children to grow up to be people who say one thing but think something completely different, just because it’s easier or avoids making waves. It matters to me that they see how we, as parents, actually walk the walk; I guess you could say our approach to religious studies is just one small part of a much larger process of being authentic.

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I was just going to say that you can't really expect religious education classes to include all different kinds of family structures 🤷

Bread holidays shouldn't be religious at all. 😢
I don't find myself praying when everyone else starts doing it; I just don't see the point. My kid is the same way, though they haven't really been put to the test yet.

As an atheist and a parent, I don't have any problem with religious holidays being mentioned in other subjects.
To me, discussing Christmas in a classroom setting is just as natural as talking about the change of seasons; it's simply a part of our lives.
However, just as we wouldn't assign homework asking kids what they did during a harvest festival, we shouldn't be assigning tasks asking how they celebrated Easter.
The reality is that not everyone participates in those traditions.
Instead of saying "On December 25th, we celebrate Christmas," it should be phrased as "Christmas is celebrated on December 25th."
Learning holiday carols can be seen as part of general American culture, but studying specific church hymns is a completely different matter.

The girls in my class are all at a level 4 right now, so nothing's really moving forward. I totally forgot to ask if there will be any more sessions this year

It’s the same situation here as it is for Michelle Nelson4

We haven't signed anything new to opt our child out of religious education, and honestly, nobody ever bothered to ask us 😁

I was thinking the same thing. There isn't much a teacher can do about it, though they could potentially find a better way to organize things for the kids who aren't attending religious studies.

Mine has the same schedule with religion class being first thing in the morning. It’s actually great since my spouse is home in the mornings and can let them sleep in a bit longer.
I'm really hoping it stays this way, especially because they have karate the day before and end up staying up late. This timing works out perfectly. 😁

Honestly, we won't be able to compete on a global scale anytime soon if our country and education system stay like this.😂

There’s actually something pretty sweet about it when everyone acts normal.
For instance, my little girl was sitting there with her "boyfriend," seriously discussing their future together—like whether they'd baptize their kids one day or if they'd attend church. 😂
They even decided they would have them baptized, but they'd only show up to church for Christmas mass. 😂I honestly couldn't stop laughing while she was telling me all about it. 😁
So yeah, let's not jump to conclusions and assume kids don't talk about this stuff.

I don't think so—I actually know they're talking about it because my daughter passed the conversations along to me.

I don't know, maybe it's just me being silly, but saying "I won't play with you because you don't believe in God and you're going to hell" could definitely be taken as an insult 🤔

Lawrence Torres56 said:Henry Gonzalez67 just hit you back with a reply.

So, at the end of the day, isn't it really up to us to decide which path we’re steering our kids toward? Are we going to raise them to be hypersensitive to every bit of aggression and low-brow nonsense they encounter, or are we actually going to teach them how to hold their heads high and be proud of who they are, without letting themselves get bogged down by everyone else's bitterness and malice?

is true, but I didn't ask him because he hadn't actually mentioned

If a child ends up traumatized just because someone tells them they don't have to attend religious studies, then the parents really dropped the ball and should probably look at how they raised their kid.

I was asking you, though—do you think victims are to blame if they feel hurt by being mocked?

My own kid doesn't mind being told about hell or having to believe in God since He created her, but personally, I don't take it too seriously. That's why I don't think a child feeling hurt by those things is solely their fault, nor is it necessarily the fault of their parents.

So, if a kid ends up traumatized because they were called fat or anything else like that, does that mean the parents also dropped the ball?

It’s almost like victims of bullying and abuse are somehow to blame just because it gets to them.

I’d probably mention it to both the teacher and the principal to make sure nothing like this happens again. It feels like you’ve already been having some friction with them, so this just felt like the final straw. 😁
A group of our kids once had religious education scheduled, and due to a weird scheduling mix-up, they ended up stuck out in the hallway instead.
This isn't my first time speaking up, but if it happened again, I'd definitely say something.