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SIMPLY PUT, THE BIBLE IS THE MOST influential book ever written. Not only is the Bible the best-selling book of all time, it is the best-selling book of the year every year. In a 1992 survey of English teachers to determine the top-10 required "book-length works" in high school English classes, plays by Shakespeare occupied three spots and the Bible none. And yet, let's compare the two: Beauty of language: Shakespeare, by a nose. Depth of subject matter: toss-up. Breadth of subject matter: the Bible. Numbers published, translated etc: Bible. Number of people martyred...
...seems misguided to ignore faiths that millions of Americans practice each day; and a glance at the headlines further argues for an omnibus course. Yet could a school demand that its already overloaded kids take one elective if they take the other? Concerns about whether a Bible Belt Christian teacher could in good conscience teach a religiously neutral Bible course also plagued me. Was high school Bible study one of those great ideas that vaporizes when exposed...
...could find little to object to here and much to admire. Here was a conservative teacher going way beyond The Bible and Its Influence, but not in a predictable direction. She name-checked the Crusades, avoided faith declarations and treated the Bible as a living document to be pored over rather than blindly accepted. She even managed to fit in other faiths. Moving on through the Sermon on the Mount, she pulled out another sheaf of papers. "So I'm gonna give these examples of Golden Rules from different cultures. Read 'em and share 'em with the class." They...
...Schuster, a Cambridge teacher and another member of the school committee, shared Nolan’s concerns. He said that while the higher per-student spending was partially explained by smaller class sizes, cost-free participation in sports and extracurricular activities, and coaches for math and literacy, there are still ways in which costs can be reduced...
...Nkyekyer.Pillsbury also had doubts, but they were the opposite of Nkyekyer’s. She had mastered casual conversation, but the nitty gritty details had never been tested. “I felt uncomfortable because I felt like I didn’t know enough to be the Swahili teacher,” says Pillsbury. “There were a lot of specific grammatical rules I wasn’t familiar with, but Professor Mugane was always really supportive.”WHAT’S IN AN AGE?Despite their doubts about age and merit, the TFs seem...