Joseph Laycock who teaches World Religion at Texas State University was surprised with at how little college students know about the various religions around the world. A study from 2005 found that only 10% of students can name five major world religions. Haycock thinks adding a high school class on World Religion would make the students think more open minded, and they will be more educated on the religion in the world.
Religion is a subject that is somewhat prevalent because although religion is a self decision, it is still a controversial topic because not everyone knows too much about other religions but their own. Some views would state that America should create a high school class on World Religion because it would broaden the students’ mind on religion and culture around the world. Other views would say that it shouldn’t be a class in high school because other history classes do touch on topics regarding religion and some students could argue that the class is a waste of their time if they are being taught religions that they aren’t practicing or don’t believe in. Education has been a concern in past history regarding different races and now it is regarding different subjects being taught. We currently have world history but the addition of world religion is something that is being debated.
http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/texas-professor-says-world-religion-needs-to-be-taught-in-school
Olivia Lambert 3rd Period
I think that there should be a world religion class because it is not explained or elaborated enough in other classes because most teachers only mention it in passing or only spend a few days out of the whole year on it. If there was a world religion/culture class, then teachers can go more into depth about it which will contribute to the stop of stereotyping different ethnic and religious groups as well as make more people open minded.
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