school

[craigyjac]

should children be brought up in mixed schools regardless of colour, religion etc. or do you think they should still be seperate? i was brought up in catholic schools but any kids i have will go to the nearest school regardless of status. what do you all think?

[Hammer]

I'm not too sure but what i will say is i'm personally glad i was sent to a Catholic school. If i had kids i'd probably want a similar upbringing to the one i had which has shaped me morally and socially.

[Ryan67]

yes. all in the one school. that would go along way to stopping all the sectarian crap. then the children could go to which ever church on a sunday and learn about there faith. should have been done years ago imo

[R-to-the-C]

must be more of a glasgow thing about kids being seperated, but all in one, there is a few catholic schools in aberdeen, but more general ones, which i went to

[Hammer]

All schools are non-denominational, there were other religions at my own school and they just sat out any religious things we got up to.

[Ryan67]

why do kids need to be taught religion at school off of a teacher? shouldn't religion be taught in church by a priest, minister etc?

let them go to school and learn bouts maths, english etc then if parents choose to have them learn bout religion do it in church. having kids sit out religious ed in schools only brings on more problems imo

[Ricardinho]

Mixed I reckon, that's what I went to anyway and learned a lot about different cultures and religions from class mates because of it.

[jeannie960]

I believe that religoun is a personal thing and should be kept between the home and the church. I don't think that it has any relevance to schooling and no teacher is going to teach their kids to be immoral.

[DobbinS 1888]

They're are still catholic schools round about Glasgow. I went to a so called Non-Demnominational one but it was basically all Protestants or people that didnt have a religion. Its better though if everybody was just in the one school would probably be beneficial for people being integrated

[Healy]

Ive always been in an all boys school
doesnt really bother me!some of the women teachers make up for it

[wetghirl]

Here in Boston the Catholic schools often offer a better education than the public schools (meaning govt. sponsored non-private), so families of belief systems other than RC often select them for their children. They have the right to opt out of chapel but are still required to take at least one Religion course.

This was how things stood about 10 years ago. I don't know if the policies have changed since, but I'm pretty sure that all schools, whether religious or not, have to accept students regardless of race, colour or creed.

Our kids attend a Baptist high school affiliated with our church. The teachers are required to state that they agreed with Baptist principles, but not the students. No government money is received.

I think the rule of thumb is that if a student wishes to initiate a religious discussion with a teacher, no problem, but the reverse is not true as the primary purpose is education and not proselytizing.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Ryan67

why do kids need to be taught religion at school off of a teacher? shouldn't religion be taught in church by a priest, minister etc?

let them go to school and learn bouts maths, english etc then if parents choose to have them learn bout religion do it in church. having kids sit out religious ed in schools only brings on more problems imo

My point is not based on religion, possibly very loosely actually but not wholely. My reasoning is the school i went to had an ethos, an extremely healthy one, of helping others and just generally the feeling of being part of something bigger which for me personally has seen me grow up with a healthy respect for myself and everyone i come into contact with.

An example i can give is the fact none of the girls at my school were considered 'easy' for want of a better term. The predominantly protestant school 2 miles away was rammed full of girls that had knickers made of yoyo strings and it may just be a localised phenomonon but for me it said a lot about the respect and moral upbringing of both sets of students.

[jeannie960]

Originally Posted by Hammer

My point is not based on religion, possibly very loosely actually but not wholely. My reasoning is the school i went to had an ethos, an extremely healthy one, of helping others and just generally the feeling of being part of something bigger which for me personally has seen me grow up with a healthy respect for myself and everyone i come into contact with.

An example i can give is the fact none of the girls at my school were considered 'easy' for want of a better term. The predominantly protestant school 2 miles away was rammed full of girls that had knickers made of yoyo strings and it may just be a localised phenomonon but for me it said a lot about the respect and moral upbringing of both sets of students.

Well let me tell you I wen't to a non denominational school which in those days was classed as a proddy school and I had iron drawers I had a very strict upbringing with regard to boys. I suppose it might have something to do with the times in which you are talking about.

[Hammer]

Possibly Jeannie, it was a sweeping generalisation as it was the only one i came into particular contact with on a regular basis. It was however a fact and all the guys at my school knew it. You're right about the shift in generation as well, there's a lack of respect on a lot of levels for themselves and others.

[craigyjac]

when i was starting out at primary school, myself and the girl next door would walk the 20min journey every day there and back just so as we were at a catholic school. for me it was done to please my gran. but nowadays you dont feel safe letting kids out of your site never mind walking that distance to school. i think now that is why i would send a kid to the closest school regardless of which school it was. (i think one of you was right actually, they are integrating more and more schools now)