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novapsyche ([personal profile] novapsyche) wrote2004-03-22 03:29 pm

really, tests aren't the Devil

ACLU seeks probe into school's test prayer

A middle school principal has been told it was inappropriate to have teachers give students a prayer asking God to help vanquish their "enemies" -- the standardized tests they were about to take.

[...] The prayer, which had errors in grammar and punctuation, states: "I receive your help faith, knowing that through you I shall do valiantly, for you are the one who treads down my enemies.(LEAP, Iowa)".

[identity profile] kali-ma.livejournal.com 2004-03-22 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you God, for having given me the wisdom to move the fuck out of New Orleans before my child was old enough to start school!
Bleah - as if the minimum security prison atmosphere, illiterate underpaid teachers, over-crowded classrooms and lack of basic services in some of the schools wasn't bad enough...