Freedom of religion

http://www.mrconservative.com/2013/04/11450-teachers-punished-for-publicly-bowing-his-head-in-prayer/

I enjoy reading articles on Mr. Conservative from time to time. A couple of pages I follow on Facebook tend to post links to some of the more interesting articles. The news he finds tends to flabbergast me. Like the student at a Florida college who got in trouble for not writing Jesus' name on a piece of paper and stomping on it.

Well this article is no different. I find that I have trouble in teaching in the public school system because of things like this. I have one student who is very adamant about the fact that he is an athiest and gets very vocal about the fact that I "can't teach religion," when I ask the class to turn to a an American Spiritual called "Give me that Old Time Religion." Seriously? We are in band, playing a song, that doesn't even have lyrics written for you to see. I'm teaching you to play notes, in a particular key, with the other students, so that eventually we can make music.

Well, if I worked at this school district I'm sure I would have been reprimanded already. When my outgoing atheist takes the Lord's name in vain, I have a habit (gained before I started teaching) of finishing his vulgar use with praise. For example, Student says, "Jesus," "...is Lord of all," I finished. Although, at my school district I did receive an e-mail to all staff telling us to be careful what we post online, so I could still get in trouble. Oh well, public school is not my thing. I want to home school and teach my kids to love on Jesus. I also want to teach them Biblical Hebrew, because everyone should know how to read the Old Testament in its original language. Well, I really want an excuse to keep my own skills up.