The Republican-controlled board voted Friday to adopt the curriculum changes, which are scheduled to take effect in 2030. The new requirements establish mandatory reading lists for K-12 English and literature classes and require students to read selected works “in their entirety.” The lists include traditional literary works alongside biblical stories and passages.

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    My parents sending me to a catholic high school solidified my becoming atheist. Religious beliefs being condescendingly stuffed down your throat in the form of an extra class tends to make teenagers spiteful.

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      @WYLD_STALLYNS @VetOfTheSeas

      I had to send my son to a parochial elementary and middle school because I wouldn’t send a dog to the public schools in our city, and I couldn’t afford Montessori. I was afraid they’d convert him.

      Instead he’s a bigger atheist than me!

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        That’s what’s hilarious, they don’t realize it’s forcing it on the kids that increases the risk they’ll grow to loathe it or see it as a means of manipulating others.