Offering Religious Classes
The accessibly to religious classes could benefit students because it opens them up to new ideas. It should be the choice of the students whether they want to learn about different religions. And based on that idea, if schools do not want to teach about different religions during regular class time then the government should put money into having classes solely based on teaching religion. Religion could help students and children improve brain development according to “A recent study [that] found that religious children are more likely to believe fictional tales and have a tougher time separating fantasy from reality. But that’s not all bad” (Scribner). Scribner also says that believing in fiction and having a creative mind is beneficial to brain development. When children learn to believe in something it helps push them to excel. Scribner writes that learning about religion can also help students learn more about themselves. As said in 10 Reasons Religious Education Belongs in School, “A 2013 study…found that religious classes have a significant amount of benefits, including that they help kids learn more internally about themselves and how they feel about God and Religion. Thus helps them move past those questions and identity crises, the study found, to focus on other issues” (Scribner). Religious illiteracy not only deprives students from learning about different cultures, it also causes them to be uninformed and less prepared to face the global marketplace. Religion comes in many different forms, many widely misunderstood, so by learning and“…examining other religions [it] allows students to cultivate moral agency. Empowering students to ask “big questions” [and] facilitates a higher quality of life” (Laycock).
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