tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2698946653795148986..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Second thoughts about a practical education. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-44294746722439669012017-02-02T05:36:57.850-06:002017-02-02T05:36:57.850-06:00Hopefully, the professors are teaching the seminar...Hopefully, the professors are teaching the seminarians how to teach Confirmation to their students. It is needed now more than ever.Ted Badjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220879004715648795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-83853588680504640382017-02-01T09:44:57.929-06:002017-02-01T09:44:57.929-06:00In my view, American public education has not met ...In my view, American public education has not met the problem of illiteracy in a viable way. It was highjacked by liberal scholars with a socio-political agenda long ago. For example, we can teach students how to read and write, and we can teach arithmetic and science, but the system does not spend enough time in areas like world history, American history, and geography. Even many so called educated Americans today are absolutely ignorant of our Constitution, the way Congress works, and the history of their own land and people. Once, when I was young, schools educated students in geography as a separate subject, which opened our eyes to the development of nations, their boundaries and resources. A strong working knowledge of history enables people to think about our place and time, and one begins to understand our relationship to the past. I believe today many students are ignorant in these areas, and it affects their understanding of the issues. In the area of the church, and even in Lutheran history, an effort should be made to teach these subjects to adult and youth alike, separate from Bible classes, but integral to the education and wholeness of Lutheranism. John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com