Overview:
Texas state senator Brendan Creighton is pushing for the inclusion of religious teachings in public schools, despite the fact that it would result in the use of outdated references and the loss of valuable education time. Critics argue that this is an attempt to indoctrinate children and harass public schools, rather than provide quality education. The "Bluebonnet Plan" curriculum, which would come with a $60 per student bribe incentive, would not include any reference to the history of the dates used by Christians. The move comes amid concerns about Texas public school students falling behind their peers in other states.
Enough!
If Texas parents want their kids to attend “Sunday school” daily, let them pay for one of those voucher schools that will soon be surviving off public school dollars.
Because Texas Republicans are now getting obscene. And if they keep it up, somebody is going to be inclined to teach some TRUTHS about Christianity they don’t want students to know. Such as how it produces smug smarmy practitioners. Like state senator Brendan Creighton of Conroe, who believes that it is better to lie to children than acknowledge reality.
Even the Founding Fathers knew better. And those fools created a slave society.
And while it is true that Texas holds the distinction of wanting to keep slavery around so badly that they fought TWO wars for the privilege, let us not forget about how all that loud talking about banning the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project in favor of teaching “patriotic education” via Texas’ own CRT-approved 1836 Project ended up as a pamphlet to laugh at while waiting to take a driver’s license exam. Perhaps Creighton remembers, seeing how he was on the committee.
Because if we’re going to teach the kiddos about A.D. and B.C. as SB 2617 demands, we will also need to also teach them the history. Including the fact that Christians pulled these dates out of their derrieres four centuries AFTER the guess-timated death of Christ. And even then, it took another four to five centuries before it became commonly used by Christian sects. Somehow, I don’t think Creighton wants that to be part of the “accurate dates” lesson.
Nor will parents find any reference to this history in any Bluebonnet Plan curricula. Remember that? The “optional” “Bible-infused” curricula that comes with a $60 per student bribe incentive to pressure school districts to adopt the materials?
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This is the problem with teaching belief as fact. As a politician, Creighton can stand on a soapbox and make as much (allegedly) Biblically based noise as he wishes, with no concern whatsoever for the accuracy of his words.
Actual educators don’t have that same luxury. They are arbiters of the burden of proof, and “because Creighton believes it” doesn’t fit any standard. Nor does saying “it’s in the Bible.” Even children grasp that using the Bible to “prove” the Bible is the ultimate logical fallacy.
Of course, some will dismiss this by saying that they don’t care what non-Christians think. But that doesn’t change the fact that our children are already woefully behind the rest of our peer nations in areas like math. The only thing saving the USA’s reputation are the consistently high scores produced in states like Massachusetts. There, the legislature doesn’t waste time mandating that public schools teach Massachusetts kids how to prosper in the 19th century.
Stop abusing Texas children. Stop holding them back. Stop doing dumb things to waste time and money (like mandating that public school districts purchase textbooks with B.C. and A.D. exclusively) when there is no good faith in the endeavor. This is not about education.
It’s about indoctrination. It is about harassing public schools. Is it because the Texas Lege is now aware of the demographics of Texas public schools? That’s the only reason I can fathom for purposefully legislating clearly disdainful policies for “educating” Texas public school students all under the veneer of Christianity.
Enough is enough!
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