Monday, May 3, 2010

Educating the "Whole Child"

I was in the car a couple days ago and came upon a bumper sticker that sparked my interest. It was for a Christian academy and it said "Educating the WHOLE child." I found this intriguing. Having only gone to Christian school for my kindergarten year, I began to ponder- Had I not been wholly educated? Or anyone who does not attend a religious school, for that matter. Has going to a secular public school restrained me from receiving spirtual enlightenment? I consider myself fairly religious- attending church on a regular basis. Having been raised in a Christian home, a third-generation "PK" or preacher's kid, I considered myself to have a strong religious foundation. But maybe the secular environment in which I was educated prohibited me from fully understanding and involving my religion in my everyday life.
I have witnessed students at Christian schools, especially the younger ones. Matriculating through religious environments seemed to have taken a different effect on them. As opposed to the children I went to elementary, middle, etc. with. The craved religious knowledge and understanding. They wanted to become more grounded in the Word and to learn all they could about the Bible and becoming a better Christian. Perhaps by not growing up in such environments prohibited me from being wholly educated?

1 comment:

  1. I wrote a reply to this on my blog:

    http://nickpruner.blogspot.com/2010/05/government-schools-not-fully-educating.html

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