I am starting to think that Pink Floyd may have been prophets without anyone knowing it. In their song “The Wall,” one of their stanzas says, “Hey teachers, leave those children alone.”
Unfortunately that statement is becoming true today, as teachers need to leave our children alone in some areas. Instead of teaching they are indoctrinating our children to believe what they feel is right instead of presenting the evidence. Instead of actually teaching today a lot of teachers are just using the classroom as a platform to spout their opinions on many topics that at times do not have anything to do with their subject. This is not secluded to the college classroom, but is happening in our public school system.
I was having a conversation with a couple of high school girls this past week and they were telling what they were going to do when they graduated school, which led to discussion on some of the topics they are taking in school right now. One started talking about how they had to debate the war, but they could not find anyone to be on the side of supporting what we are doing in Iraq. According to this young lady, the teacher had to assign people. I found this a little unusual, and probed as to why this was. I asked them to tell me why the war is bad and they had only epithets that come from the liberal media.
All their reasoning’s came from either the media of the teacher, as they also told me the opinion, not facts, as to what the teacher was saying. I asked them if they would want to help people who were being killed just for being different, or for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I asked if raping people was okay, or if torture should be allowed? They answered as most conscientious people would. They did not believe in killing, rape or torture, to which I responded that neither does the United States and they were good reasons to remove Saddam Hussein.
We talked back and forth about some of the issues why we went into Iraq, and not just because of oil. They had never heard it presented this way because all they are told is one side by the media and then by their teacher who should be teaching in an unbiased fashion in this type of format. If they want to give their opinion after presenting both sides fairly then fine, but they should not just ignore one side because they “believe” it is wrong.
This is not a singular incident. I have heard many students; middle school, high school and college tell me that their teachers are just teaching one side. Science teachers talking about politics, English teachers talking about church functions, and History teachers talking about philosophical matters, which are all important topics, but they are not part of their class curriculum and they only talk about their belief or only present theirs in the positive light. Unfortunately, the majority of the opinions are false, miss-presented, and/or heavily liberal in their bent. The students just suck in what they are saying as truth, because they are teachers and they would not say anything that was not true. Right?
Why aren’t we teaching our children critical thinking and to seek truth? Why do we continue to allow teachers to push their political, ethical, and spiritual morals down our children’s throats and just allow it? One reason I believe this happens is because most people do not know how to debate what is said and do not know how to critically think themselves. Unless one seeks truth then when false doctrine seeps in you will not know it.
John 8:31-32, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 17:17-18, “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.”
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