She claimed it distracted kids who do pray if other kids not bowing heads, clasped hands, eyes closed. Asked how they'd know if eyes closed.
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Was trying to negotiate a way my daughter cld stay in assemblies for news, awards, concerts etc w/out having to take part in worship.
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At the very least schools shld make it clear its acceptable to be nonreligious. She feared kids who wanted to pray wld feel silly. Well...
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Once a boy who had a Muslim name took the vicar's asking "shall we pray?" as a genuine question & answered "I don't want to pray." Punished.
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This was at a parents concert so don't know if he usually attended communal worship at school & shld have known this a rhetorical question.
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Either way, I support his answering of it sincerely!
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Its ludicrous. 2% of Brits go to church regularly, 15% ever, but kids get 15 minutes Christian worship a day in state schools?
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And its getting worse. Plans for more faith schools. The nonreligious majority here are often apathetic coz C of E is so watered down.
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It seems harmless, benign even.But it isn't.Apart from its dubious morality, it teaches kids magical thinking & discourages critical thought
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Punishing them? For not playing superstitious?
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Yes, its part of the curriculum so they can do what they want. Parents can opt kids out but then they miss news & awards.
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What punishment is imposed?
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They got kept in at break time for any kind of misbehaviour during assembly. Not praying was included in this.
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What a cheek! Completely unacceptable.
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all totally outrageous. Do they forego any awards if they opt out of the religious business? Only entitled to news if you pray?
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That's how it worked in practice. Opted my daughter out but she begged to go back coz she was missing out on so much.
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surely they have no right to exclude those who dont wish to partake in the make-believe, from the rest of the school activities?
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Just from assembly. Parents can opt kids out of assembly coz of religious bit but they miss the rest too.
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that's plain unfair. I guess they'd have to think again if the majority opted out. A school assembly should really include all.
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WTF. Is it a religious school or something?
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All UK schools have to provide 15 minutes worship & they can require kids to comply with it as much as any part of curriculum.
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What the Hell. Also why should secular kids be forced to pray along? =/pic.twitter.com/j7b6sVK5R9
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I'm trying to get my countrymen indignant about this!
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Good. Giving students the opportunity to pray shouldn't mean forced prayer. That's just absurd.
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