If your child come home with this homework....

How would you handle it?

This happened in a school just a few miles from me.

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A man has spoken of his concern after his stepdaughter was asked to write to her family about why she is converting to Islam for her homework. Mark McLachlan, from Houghton-le-Spring, has slammed the decision by the Kepier school to ask pupils to write a letter to their family about converting to Islam. The 43-year-old refused to let his 12-year-old stepdaughter, who he has asked not to be named, complete the task after failing to see what the letter would accomplish.

‘I know as part of the national curriculum they have to learn about all religions,’ said Mr McLachlan. ‘I just don’t see why they should ask a child to write a letter addressed to their family about converting to another religion. ‘I really just don’t see what the letter will gain. If they want children to learn about Islam, then go teach them all about it and its history.

‘What I don’t want is a school asking my stepdaughter to look into reasons for converting to another religion. Like every parent, it is our decision on how we raise them and once they are old enough to make decision, then it is there choice.’ Mr McLachlan visited the school to raise his concerns and was told that this was part of the curriculum and was shown example exam questions for Islam, Christianity and Hinduism.

The homework came to light when Mr McLachlan was looking through his stepdaughter’s school planner and saw the teacher had written the task to be handed in on November 8.

Mr McLachlan said: ‘When I saw this assignment in the planner, written by the teacher, you could have knocked me over with a feather. I told her she will not be completing it and she is more worried about getting detention.

‘We send our kids to school to get a good education and use what they have learnt to have a good career.

‘I have no problem with them learning about religions but I feel they should not be asking 12-year-olds writing to their parents about why they are converting. I just found the task wholly inappropriate.

‘I would like to emphasise how much respect I have for the head of year and deputy head who were very receptive to my complaint and concerns but unfortunately in this instance the national curriculum has failed miserably in my opinion.’

Mr McLachlan took a photo of the assignment and posted it online, where it has been shared hundreds of times.

One person commented: ‘Would they go to a Muslim school and ask them to write a letter to their parents about converting to Catholic? ‘I doubt it! Children should not be made to write letters about converting to any religion for any reason.

Another person said: ‘Isn’t part of RE to research, investigate and teach about all religions?

 

I'd be raging ...





That's teachers hand writing is ****ing shocking .

 

1. Do you know what RE is you utter, utter spastic?
2. Would you have bothered starting this thread if it wasn't anti-Muslim beel?
3. Would you have beeled if it was, say, her telling her parents she wants to be a fireman?
4. Why are you still alive?

 

As kind hearted as ever, Toby x

Serious question, what have I done to get under your skin so much? I've got you proper worked up into a frenzy, haven't I?

Now I'll answer your questions, like the gentleman that I am.

1) Religious Education
2) Yes and it's not anti-Muslim beel. That's your own prejudice thoughts causing you to say that.
3) No, because I'm against all religions, not all fireman.
4) Because I have a purpose in life. What's your reason?

 

Not fussed

Wife deals with the homework

 

If my child came home with that ****e I'd be utterly shocked and appalled, since I don't have a child.

Firing blanks iirc.

 

You're a pro-Brexit Tory. Do I need to justify it any further?

If you're so anti-religion you shouldn't enroll your daughter at a school with RE classes. It's that simple.

Methinks you only posted this on GC and the PL board to wind up the Muslim-haters.

 

‘What I don’t want is a school asking my stepdaughter to look into reasons for converting to another religion. Like every parent, it is our decision on how we raise them and once they are old enough to make decision, then it is there choice.’

* their

 

1) Brexit is a class idea. You are just to young to understand it all.

2) All schools have RE lessons.

3) Your left wing offended at everything prejudices is in full throttle. I posted it because I knew it would create debate as it's an emotive subject.

4) Go Tories!

 

There is no benefit to Brexit. 0. Nada. ****all.

Go on, give me 3 advantages of Brexit? Please say 'trade deals' or 'sovereignty'

I can honestly list you dozens of negative effects.

 

It's pointless getting into a debate with you. You're to young to understand as you've not got the life experience required to understand it fully.

 

That is one of the most pathetic swerves i've ever seen.

C'mon then, just 3, should be easy as Brexit is so awesome according to you?

I'm super excited about my free unicorn tbh

 

We can stop darkies and muslims taken over our towns and shaggin are kids and stop semi skild poles taken over are jobs

havent you heard about the bendex divot-end?

 

@edge I think Kevin has hacked your account

 

If it was me I would just dictate her homework to her. It would go along the lines of ..

Dear family.

Never convert to Islam because Muslims are smelly.

The end.

 

I done mine on the Nazerine

Survived

 

His name is mentioned 5 times along with his address yet asked not to name his stepdaughter

 

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To be fair, I'm not sure how that is religous education .

 

Toby has that spastic bird of yours finally pulled you away from your mummy's apron strings?