The rise of faith schools

Let's look at this smorgasbord analogy, shall we? When I go to a smorgasbord, I try some of the old stand-bys - roast beef, peas and carrots, etc. - and I also try a few new things ("What the heck is that?"). I was first introduced to stuffed peppers at a Hungarian smorgasbord - now I never pass them up.I didn't look at stuffed peppers in a "roast-beef context". That would be like comparing apples and oranges. The only way to understand unfamiliar things is to try them on their own terms. When it comes to food, I still rely on the old stand-bys (as we discussed in another thread), but my life is enriched by the new things that I tried on their own terms.

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You don't have to immerse yourself in every faith to get a new perspective on your own. A smogasbord has only a hundred or so of the thousands of available dishes. I may try only a dozen in one meal, but that's enough to learn that the whole world isn't roast beef. I may even make a permanent (stuffed-pepper) change in direction. So you're saying:1. You can't slice a stuffed pepper as thin as roast beef.
2. An apple doesn't have as much protein as roast beef.
3. An orange isn't the same colour as roast beef.Therefore, roast beef is the "true" food.

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I think I agree with that. There should be a certain level of taxation that everybody pays for education, regardless of whether or not they have children in the system. People who do have children in the (public school) system should pay an additional tax - or people could choose to use that additional money for private schools instead.(Because God knows our tax structures aren't complicated enough. )On the other hand, I completely disagree with the idea of using private schools to indioctrinate children in any one religion.Edit: changed "any religion" to "any one religion".This message has been edited by Ringo, 2006-04-07 02:54 PM

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