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::Andy, As Hsmom points out, the sentence is ''incorrect'', in that "public schools" refers, in some cases, to ''church-run'' schools. Here in Victoria, Australia, it is probably true that teachers don't have classroom prayer, but it is also true that classroom prayer is not "censored", as schools here (as explained in the article) do have a weekly "Religious Education" class in which classroom prayer would almost certainly occur (this class is taken by volunteer Christians, not by the school teachers).
::Andy, As Hsmom points out, the sentence is ''incorrect'', in that "public schools" refers, in some cases, to ''church-run'' schools. Here in Victoria, Australia, it is probably true that teachers don't have classroom prayer, but it is also true that classroom prayer is not "censored", as schools here (as explained in the article) do have a weekly "Religious Education" class in which classroom prayer would almost certainly occur (this class is taken by volunteer Christians, not by the school teachers).
::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:57, 28 October 2007 (EDT)
::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:57, 28 October 2007 (EDT)
::Thanks [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] - I agree that, as the article explains, the term "public school" means different things in different countries, which is why I thought the sentence in question was inaccurate. [[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]], it is important to understand that in many secularized, industrialized nations the term "public school" does not always refer to government-run/government-funded schools - in fact, in many Commonwealth countries it's quite the opposite - the term "public school" often refers to what we in America would call a private school. Note also that in some secularized, industrialized nations there are government-fun/government-funded religious schools - an example being Ontario, Canada's system of Catholic schools, which I would assume include classroom prayer; thus government schools are not always secular or free of classroom prayer. I think the article does a decent job of explaining the often confusing use of these terms. The more global outlook of this article will help students who are researching education in other countries (and using primary sources to do so, as they should) understand that terms like "public school" may have quite different meanings in such sources than they are used to.--[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 10:43, 29 October 2007 (EDT)