The Religion of te Ao in Schools
While te Ao spirituality is often described as a cultural worldview, its modern application within the education and public sectors has taken on the features of an organised religion.
While te Ao spirituality is often described as a cultural worldview, its modern application within the education and public sectors has taken on the features of an organised religion.
How did government schools ever become so arrogant as to claim a right to determine what each child thought about personal, moral, and religious issues? The power of government schools remains a dire threat to parents, children, and to the future of liberty.
If you say schools shouldn’t ‘indoctrinate’ children or ‘force a religious view’ on them, allow me to point out to you that the schools have been indoctrinating children with secular humanism and forcing its religious views on them for decades. Now the shoe is on the other foot.
The truth is: most Kiwis just want a fair go. They’re tired of being told that one group’s culture or history matters more than anyone else’s. National’s refusal to stand up to this divisive agenda shows they’re more interested in looking progressive than delivering results.
The case arose in Maryland after the Montgomery County Board of Education adopted several ‘LGBTQ-inclusive books’ as part of its English curriculum in October 2022.
We have allowed socialist ideology to be preached in our high schools, colleges and universities for a long time, and so we shouldn’t be surprised that large numbers of our young people are now socialists. We are reaping what we have sown and this is just the beginning.
And why this is not necessarily a good idea.
The minister seems keen on teaching spiritual matters.
A very key issue is why parents are choosing to educate their children is that the state system in their area is demonstrably failing them – despite paying their taxes.
Vic Labor punishes children in coalition seats.
Eagleman’s book – The Brain: The Story of You – would be a recommended read for the minister.
She’s dangerous: Erica Stanford’s love affair with co-governance is a political orgasm for the woke – but a national tragedy for the rest of us.
Predatory chalkies are creeping into children’s bedrooms.