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Prayer in Public School is Wrong!
Public schools were made so that students from everywhere, no matter their own personal convictions and beliefs, could get
an education at. Prayer in public schools is offensive to others as well as disrespectful and unnecessary to a child's education.
School prayer should not be allowed because it is offensive to some, it is unnecessary, and it takes time out of studies.
Prayer in Public schools is completely offensiveto all who do not share the same beliefs as some people that do pray. It
is not only offensive but extremely disrespectful to those who do not pray at all and those who may pray differently than
the sterotypical Christian way of praying. Those who do not believe in praying are subjected to prayers that their parents
may not have wanted them subjected to, therefore they sent their children to a public school. The opposition may argue that
by allowing prayer in public schools it is not hurting anyone and that those who do not wish to participate in prayer can
simply show respect and stay quiet while the others pray. This is far from true. Children are extremely sensitive and impressionable
and may feel pressured to appear as if they are prayin galong with those who really are praying. It is totally outrageous
as well as hypocritical to expect those who do not pray to be respectful to those that do when they themselves are being disrespected
by not having their beliefs tossed to the side. These children are silently being told that their beliefs are invalid and
wrong. Not only is it disrespectful to those who do not pray but it is disrespectful to those who pray differently as well.
For example, some Muslims get down on their hands and knees to pray and they do this several times in one day. This would
never be allowed in the type of school prayer that some schools are allowing; they only allow the stereotypical Christian
prayer.
Not only is public school prayer disrespectful and offensive but it is also unnecessary. It is not something
that one needs for their education, and, is education not what school is for? If one would like for prayer to be involved
in their child's educatrion then they can send them to a private religious school. If students really feel the need to pray
they can do it silently in class, they can do it between classes or at lunch, or they can even excuse themselves from class
for a few minutes. It is not necessary for the school to allow time to be taken out of the day for some, not all, students
to pray. Public schools are supposed to be a place where students can go and not be discriminated against in any way, shape,
or form. No one should recieve special treatment. By putting aside time for some students to practice their religion, special
treatment is given to those students. Schools however, do not show the same courtesy to the students who do not pray or to
those that pray differently.
Prayer also wastes time. Time should certainly not be taken out of a childs education
so that some students can pray. Students go to school to learn about important things so they can get ahead in life, not
so that they can worship; that is what church is for. Those who work help to pay for public schools by paying their taxes.
Those taxes are meant to educate the youth so that they have a better chance of becoming educated, worthy, and prominent members
that are conducive to society. It is our duty as a society to pay for children to get an education so that this society can
continue to grow and advance. Taxpayers pay for students to go to school to get educated, not to pray.
Prayer in public
school is not acceptable and should not be allowed. It is completely unnecessary and it is offensive. Prayer should not
be permitted in public schools because it takes time out of students' learning time, it is uncalled for and unnecessary in
that kind of setting, it is highly offensive and disrespectful to those who do not share the same beliefs as those that pray,
and it is unconstitutional.
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| Not everyone prays the same way |
Katy April 2006
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