Yesterday was the 97th anniversary of the day the first Dail declared independence from Britain. It was out Independence Day. The fear of the Protestant minority in Northern Ireland was, as it has been during the debate around the Home Rule Bill, that the Catholic Church would dominate the country (Home Rule is Rome Rule). How right they were.
Now, nearly 100 years later, when only 14% of people go to Church each week, the Catholic Church still runs and controls 97% of our state Primary Schools. Even when our inferior, second class, non Catholic children get in they are subjected to at least 30 minutes of indoctrination per day of a misogynistic, intolerant belief system based on 3000 year old tribal writings which flies in the face of not only our pluralistic society but the hope that we can help our children develop logical and critical minds, capable of rational and calm deliberation and logical assessment of what will confront them in later life.
The New York Times today highlights the human impact of our 1930's educational structures.
Now, nearly 100 years later, when only 14% of people go to Church each week, the Catholic Church still runs and controls 97% of our state Primary Schools. Even when our inferior, second class, non Catholic children get in they are subjected to at least 30 minutes of indoctrination per day of a misogynistic, intolerant belief system based on 3000 year old tribal writings which flies in the face of not only our pluralistic society but the hope that we can help our children develop logical and critical minds, capable of rational and calm deliberation and logical assessment of what will confront them in later life.
The New York Times today highlights the human impact of our 1930's educational structures.