Debate is good for my soul-

I am not really going to explain this whole thing- I just wanted to post my latest debate email. I didn't actually send it because I know it won't matter- but it felt good to write it.

Basically, this group is saying the ASD is using a flawed theory to guide our teaching practices. They have yet to say anything against the policy itself, but dislike the theorist who wrote it because he is an atheist and socialist. He says that the LDS church would not agree with this theory because it comes from a "bad apple." I found out today that BYU is actually teaching the theory!!!!  Hahahahahaha!

Dear Save Alpine School District

I quote your own letter-

"We have read about these dangers for years by our Founding Fathers, Christian leaders, prophets, even David O. McKay and Brigham Young and in scriptures. We’ve been warned repeatedly about the dangers of false educational ideas present in our educational institutions and the flattery of prominent men. ...

Because John Goodlad is an honored student of Dewey’s and shares the same belief system, it naturally falls that we should be careful of his teachings also....

I hope you take the time to read Boyd K. Packer’s The Snow-White Birds, a talk he gave to BYU administrators and staff in 1995. He warns instructors to be careful of these deceptive worldly philosophies because they harm the students greatly, even eternally.http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=10919"

End quote.

I sat in a BYU course today, and thought of this statement- made by you. I thought of it and LAUGHED! In a BYU course- (the school named after the Brigham Young you say we should follow) I was taught about John Goodlad's sound principals of the moral dimensions of teaching. You may say, that one teacher has it wrong. But this course was developed by a team of BYU teachers and administrators. The ONE theory that the ASD uses is also taught in a BYU course because it has valid use in the education world.

What part of his theory do you object to?
1. Nurturing Pedagogy- The part that says teachers should teach their kids in a way that is best for the child? 2. Equal Access- The part that says all students have a right to a good education?
3. Stewardship- How about the part that says the school is part of a larger community?
4. Teaching kids about society- Teaching the students how to function in our society?

Which part is so offensive to you?

Because, obviously, your idea that Brigham Young would object to John Goodlad entirely isn't valid anymore.