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And I thought this job would be ethical...
Jun. 7th, 2010 10:50 amDubious discoveries from my work with educational resources for RE include:
- Darwin being hailed as a "great atheist".
- Portrayal of the life of Jesus as fact and the life of the Buddha as a nice story.
- Discussion of the caste system in south Asia which does not mention Dalits.
- A series of texts for pupils who experience learning difficulties called "SPECIALS!".
- A lot of patronising & exoticising portrayals of non-Abrahamic faiths.
I mean, none of these are my oppressions so I'm open to being told that I am wrong about their offensiveness; but the overall impression I get is one of squickiness and an irrational impulse to enter the teaching profession just to indoctrinate in the other direction...
- Darwin being hailed as a "great atheist".
- Portrayal of the life of Jesus as fact and the life of the Buddha as a nice story.
- Discussion of the caste system in south Asia which does not mention Dalits.
- A series of texts for pupils who experience learning difficulties called "SPECIALS!".
- A lot of patronising & exoticising portrayals of non-Abrahamic faiths.
I mean, none of these are my oppressions so I'm open to being told that I am wrong about their offensiveness; but the overall impression I get is one of squickiness and an irrational impulse to enter the teaching profession just to indoctrinate in the other direction...