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I'm afraid I have to correct you. In many public school systems, because of pressure from Conservative lobbies, parents' groups, and churches, students are not permitted to learn anything BUT absolute "right and wrong" morality. State textbook guidelines in some of the largest markets (Texas and California) mandate that stories in primary school readers are not permitted to portray children "in conflict with adults"<ref>http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375414824</ref>, facing "complicated moral problems", or issues "without a clear right or wrong answer". Liberal pressure groups insist that these lessons are presented secularly; the result (Diane Ravitch argues in the book that this post references) is a bland, Bowdlerized reading curriculum that young people find unrealistic and boring, but politically correct to suit both Liberal and Conservative censorists.
I'm afraid I have to correct you. In many public school systems, because of pressure from Conservative lobbies, parents' groups, and churches, students are not permitted to learn anything BUT absolute "right and wrong" morality. State textbook guidelines in some of the largest markets (Texas and California) mandate that stories in primary school readers are not permitted to portray children "in conflict with adults"<ref>http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375414824</ref>, facing "complicated moral problems", or issues "without a clear right or wrong answer". Liberal pressure groups insist that these lessons are presented secularly; the result (Diane Ravitch argues in the book that this post references) is a bland, Bowdlerized reading curriculum that young people find unrealistic and boring, but politically correct to suit both Liberal and Conservative censorists.
:::"Christianity and Judaism teach that deceit is morally wrong[2], but public schools do not." The trouble I have with this quote is that there is no citation for the latter half "but public schools do not." This is not something you can just say. It is like saying "Liberals care about the goings on of poor people [cited], but conservatives do not." I'm sure there are those who can come up with a compelling argument for why conservatives do not, similar to these compelling arguments on why public schools do not, but a debate on whether public schools teach whether lying is wrong is not enough to have this quote written as fact. Without a citation I think it should be deleted. Also, I went to public school, and I am sure that I was told by many a teacher that lying and deceiving was wrong and bad. I just don't see the evidence. You may say that public schools don't teach christian morality, but that is something different altogether.
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