Religion has always been a controversial topic among human beings. History has shown us that religion has not reached its own purpose but on the contrary it has distanced beings from one another.Some schools have chosen not including religion as a subject, instead they prefer that each family can have the option to decide if they want to follow a religion or not. The article “Teaching Religion in schools” alludes an open discussion to express readers’ opinions about giving or not religions lessons at school; it is an interest material to identify that most of the people think that religion must not be taught in class.(1)But sometimes “Religion” as a topic can arise any time and as teachers, we must be prepared. It does not matter what you believe or what you think is best, you must give the tools to make them chose. Educators are models but they are also a guide to provide knowledge in order to help them to create their own critical thinking. We must be tolerant a not becoming an extremist, we must act as neutral because we can not disrespect others believes. For example, in the interview made to Bill Maher about its new satirical documentary, the political satirist wants to show the world, with his new satirical documentary, that religion is attempting against human beings life. (4)We can identify this kind of documentary as extremist and intolerant for people who really believe that religion is necessary and important in life. Also in a The New York Times article Maher also described religion as ambiguous and non real. (2)
Teachers have to be neutral in every controversial topic because we never know how student’s families think and how are they going to react if we give our own point of views. Most of the time, students think that what teachers say is the truth and nothing but the truth but they must know that educators are just a help to make them conscious of real life.
Bibliography:
-Maher, Bill. Personal interview. 30 Sept. 2008.
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95210724>
-Cameras Roll, and Faith Hasn’t a Prayer. The New York Times. 26 Sept.2008.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/movies/28lela.html?src=tp>
- Teaching Religion in Schools. American civil liberties union of Pennsylvania.
Good introduction of your paraphrase here:
ResponderEliminarThe article “Teaching Religion in schools” alludes an open discussion to express readers’ opinions about giving or not religions lessons at school; it is an interest material to identify that most of the people think that religion must not be taught in class.(1)
However, who is the author? You should at least give the name of the website. The period should go after your ()'s. Here are some corrections:
The article “Teaching Religion in Schools” alludes *to* an open discussion *wherein* readers *discuss their* opinions about giving religions lessons at school *or not*; *interestingly,* most of the people think that religion must not be taught in *class (1).*
Some more corrections:
We must be tolerant *and not become* extremist*;* we must act as neutral because we *cannot* disrespect *others' beliefs*. For example, in the interview *with* Bill Maher about *his* new satirical documentary, the political satirist wants to show the world, with his new satirical documentary, that religion is attempting against human beings' *lives (4).* We
Do you remember that we said in class you have to include Terry Gross's name when you introduce this quote?
Again, you cannot simply say:
Also in a The New York Times article Maher also described religion as ambiguous and non real. (2)
You must give us the author and name of the article, and the period goes after the parenthesis.
Although we went over the correct way to cite the sources in class, you did not correct your bibliography. Why not?