harvey19 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 You are unneccessarily putting the teachers in a very difficult situation. I am an agnostic but my daughter attended and sung inassembly. After all the opinions expressed on this thread I think the teacher is blameless. Bloomdido should have seeked permission from the school to have his son excused from singing hymns if that was his wish. For calling the teacher a control freak I would award him 6 strokes of the cane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 You are unneccessarily putting the teachers in a very difficult situation. I am an agnostic but my daughter attended and sung inassembly. After all the opinions expressed on this thread I think the teacher is blameless. Bloomdido should have seeked permission from the school to have his son excused from singing hymns if that was his wish. For calling the teacher a control freak I would award him 6 strokes of the cane!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danot Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 You are unneccessarily putting the teachers in a very difficult situation. I am an agnostic but my daughter attended and sung inassembly.Whether she did or didn't sing is irrelevent. We are discussing the pro's and cons of a child being forced to sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danot Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 After all the opinions expressed on this thread I think the teacher is blameless. Bloomdido should have seeked permission from the school to have his son excused from singing hymns if that was his wish. For calling the teacher a control freak I would award him 6 strokes of the cane. parents are not required to seek permission from the school to excuse their child from institutional god worship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 parents are not required to seek permission from the school to excuse their child from institutional god worship. OK then he should have explained to the school he did not wish his child to join in the singing so they were aware of the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danot Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 OK then he should have explained to the school he did not wish his child to join in the singing so they were aware of the situation.No!, there never was "a situation".. the teacher actions created "the situation". It wasn't the parent, it wasn't the child, it wasn't the hymn singing.. 'it was the teachers actions'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomdido Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 Taking your shoes off is a mark of respect. Apparently you have more respect for peoples carpets than you have for their faith. You make me sick. It was people like you who crucified Jesus. You are still doing it. You make me sick in that regard as well. What is there to respect about religion? It breeds in people like a virus and causes division and hatred at worst and people doing good things for poor people at best. How can I value the judgement of any intelligent person who professes to believe in invisible magic friends? I know several people who believe in a god and they know that I don't. We just don't go there. And it's not just me that thinks the crucifixion is torture porn. Are we going off topic again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 No!, there never was "a situation".. the teacher actions created "the situation". It wasn't the parent, it wasn't the child, it wasn't the hymn singing.. 'it was the teachers actions'. It was the child not doing the same as all the other pupils that caused the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomdido Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 OK then he should have explained to the school he did not wish his child to join in the singing so they were aware of the situation. So I have to single my child out? He said he made up silly words to the hymns because he felt uncomfortable singing them. I said not to sing. He was quite happy to participate in the rest of the assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomdido Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 It was the child not doing the same as all the other pupils that caused the situation. Ever heard of passive resistance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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