Interfaith Group

The majority will taunt the minority if the administration doesn't force one conformity I do agree with - courtesy and not interfering with others.

Unless one is determined to be a stick in the mud as one grows up, individualism will be celebrated as freedom to believe or behave as befits the person. The more experience one has, the more accepting one becomes.

Children are notorious for group think and it's not just from school they learn it. Anyone who sticks out can be abused. That is the primary reason for schools being about learning and not ethnicity, religion or race.

The taxpayers aren't interested in, and should not be forced to pay for dallying about at the school on subjects that are not about education. I admit, I am a bit of stick in the mud about this. I've seen a lot of laxity that may help socialization, perhaps, but doesn't fit the final goal.

The goal being to allow children to learn critical thinking skills to make decisions. And the knowledge base or training to do things they are suited for as adults or to go into higher education, if qualified.

All of that must o be individualized since all brains aren't wired the same. Most definitely, all children do not enter school with the exact same emotional and financial supports from home. I have found the personal ability of teachers to be able to translate their own knowledge to many types of students awesome.