An Education?

Wow this was very short and to the point. As a strong Christian I certainly believe Christian religion should be instilled ,embedded ,and incorporated in schools, be them public or private. Our country is based on religion so why not our schools? Needless to say I was elated when prayer was put back in schools. Eileen, author of “ In The Pink Texas” writes a blog entitled An Education that would shake Austin parents everywhere. The blog lays out proposed plans of curriculum in Austin school districts, mostly aimed at the subject of history and religion. A very interesting blog indeed. However, the author fails to provide any substantial information about who is proposing these change in curriculum or how they plan to do it. Something simple like a name or title for this plan would help the reader better understand the writers’ point of view on this subject matter. Until the very last paragraph where the author writes “Is there anyone who can verify some of the charges Saenz is making” I had no idea who was behind this horrible plan of “bigotry”. And even after reading this I still have little knowledge of who Saenz is, why he feels these changes are necessary, and the changes he plans to make. Like I said in the beginning the blog was very interesting and very appealing with all those quotes from angry parents but most of its content was based on feelings and opinions of others, not factual information .Towards the middle of the story the author quotes statements from historians like Thomas Jefferson and dose not expound on the reasoning behind the quote. The quotes she makes have no factual information and do not lead the reader to any factual information. These quotes are kind of like sitting ducks waiting to be criticized. Overall the blog was interesting and stirring with some of the things that were said but honestly it was hard to follow and hardly any factual information at all.