Reason&Hope
August 31st, 2009, 09:36 PM
This is disturbing because a judge is making his decision based upon the religious beliefs of the child.
A Christian homeschool girl in New Hampshire has been ordered into government-run public school for having "sincerely held" religious beliefs -- and the Alliance Defense Fund is troubled by the ruling.
This 10 year-old girl is doing very well on her standarized tests and "Her public school instructors also commented on the fact that Amanda was well-rounded in her social skills." She and even takes some classes at the public school, but . . .
"According to the guardian ad litem's further report and testimony, the counselor found Amanda to lack some youthful characteristics. She appeard to reflect her mother's rigidity on questions of faith." The guardian noted that during a counseling session, Amanda tried to witness to the counselor and appeared "visibly upset" when the counselor purposefully did not pay attention.
Sounds like the counselor had a problem. And how rude and immature to "purposefully not pay attention."
According to the court order, the guardian concluded that Amanda's "interests, and particularly her intellectual and emotional development, would be best served by exposure to a public school setting in which she would be challenged to solve problems presented by a group learning situation and...Amanda would be best served by exposure to different points of view at a time in her life when she must begin to critically evaluate multiple systems of belief and behavior."
She's 10. Ten! This is court-ordered re-education and brainwashing.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=659638
A Christian homeschool girl in New Hampshire has been ordered into government-run public school for having "sincerely held" religious beliefs -- and the Alliance Defense Fund is troubled by the ruling.
This 10 year-old girl is doing very well on her standarized tests and "Her public school instructors also commented on the fact that Amanda was well-rounded in her social skills." She and even takes some classes at the public school, but . . .
"According to the guardian ad litem's further report and testimony, the counselor found Amanda to lack some youthful characteristics. She appeard to reflect her mother's rigidity on questions of faith." The guardian noted that during a counseling session, Amanda tried to witness to the counselor and appeared "visibly upset" when the counselor purposefully did not pay attention.
Sounds like the counselor had a problem. And how rude and immature to "purposefully not pay attention."
According to the court order, the guardian concluded that Amanda's "interests, and particularly her intellectual and emotional development, would be best served by exposure to a public school setting in which she would be challenged to solve problems presented by a group learning situation and...Amanda would be best served by exposure to different points of view at a time in her life when she must begin to critically evaluate multiple systems of belief and behavior."
She's 10. Ten! This is court-ordered re-education and brainwashing.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=659638