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Apologies for the rant, but as a teacher in a public school myself, I'm frequently frustrated by having my hands tied.  --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 20:30, 10 June 2008 (EDT)

Apologies for the rant, but as a teacher in a public school myself, I'm frequently frustrated by having my hands tied.  --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 20:30, 10 June 2008 (EDT)

== Embarrassing References ==

== A suggestion about references ==

Mr. DeanS:  The references for the claim that public schools are atheistic are downright embarrassing.  The first reference deals with Kennedy's assertion that public schools are atheistic; no need for him to give any evidence, just blah, blah, blah.  The second reference is from WND, that by itself is bad enough, but after taking 30 seconds to read the article, I actually laughed out loud for a few seconds.  I don't quite understand, the reference says the school is allowing football players to pray as a group, and this is your evidence that public schools are atheistic?  I thought public school students weren't allowed to pray in public schools?  That is the completely unsupported claim made by one of the editors of this article.  Yet you posted a reference that stated kids are allowed to pray?  The third reference actually said students have the right to pray during discretionary time.  It stated at the beginning of the article, ''"It ended in the spring of 2006 when the Knox County School Board promised in writing to allow students "religious expression" during "discretionary time."''  And you insist on saying this is a quality reference for your assertion that public schools are atheistic?  Please give me a break.  You can do much better than that.  If your claim can actually be supported that is.   

Mr. DeanS:  The references for the claim that public schools are atheistic are downright embarrassing.  The first reference deals with Kennedy's assertion that public schools are atheistic; no need for him to give any evidence, just blah, blah, blah.  The second reference is from WND, that by itself is bad enough, but after taking 30 seconds to read the article, I actually laughed out loud for a few seconds.  I don't quite understand, the reference says the school is allowing football players to pray as a group, and this is your evidence that public schools are atheistic?  I thought public school students weren't allowed to pray in public schools?  That is the completely unsupported claim made by one of the editors of this article.  Yet you posted a reference that stated kids are allowed to pray?  The third reference actually said students have the right to pray during discretionary time.  It stated at the beginning of the article, ''"It ended in the spring of 2006 when the Knox County School Board promised in writing to allow students "religious expression" during "discretionary time."''  And you insist on saying this is a quality reference for your assertion that public schools are atheistic?  Please give me a break.  You can do much better than that.  If your claim can actually be supported that is.