U.S. Classrooms Torn Between Science and Religion

Dystopian Rebel writes "A New Jersey public-school history teacher was recorded telling his students that they 'belong in Hell' if they do not accept Jesus. The teacher, who is also a Baptist Pastor, lied later when he was asked by the school principle what he said to the students. Unfortunately for this dodge, a student recorded the teacher's 'lesson'." From the article: "The student and his parents have requested that the teacher's anti-scientific remarks be corrected in open class, and that the school develop quality control procedures to ensure that future classes are not proselytized and misinformed. They have also referred the matter for disciplinary action. No apology has been forthcoming from the teacher or from the school."

Comments

We use to fire our teachers

[Max Romantschuk]

When I was in the Finnish equivalent of high school we had a teacher who simply didn't have what it took to teach us efficiently. The class was never properly under control, people were messing around and no one was learning anything. With other teachers things worked fine.

Eventually we all signed a petition that this particular teacher simply didn't have what it took... and got a new one.