Religion
In reply to the discussion: Why a Marine dad was banned from his daughter's school for objecting to Islam essay [View all]F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)I think there is a large amount that people can learn by looking at religion. It's a major force in our world, like it or not, and I think it would be a failure on the part of our educational system to not teach at least about the major religions of the world. (Figure spending about equal time on the top 5-10 as part of a poly sci, international studies, or more general social studies class. At my high school, we covered the three main monotheistic religions and the basic differences between each, without having to know too many specifics, as well as a smaller amount about the polytheistic religions. It was a very helpful basic introductory course that gave a lot of people in the classes a new perspective. Admittedly, I think it's disappointing that we can't teach just straight science and why religion is a load of hooey, but I think we all know how that idea would go.