| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Jason Spaceman" |
| Date: |
22 May 2007 02:16:01 AM |
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In the News: Scientology makes it in classroom door |
From the article:
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By ROBERT FARLEY
Published May 20, 2007
BATON ROUGE, La. - Inside the industrial looking brick walls of one of
Louisiana's poorest performing middle schools, Scientologists finally
have achieved a longtime goal.
A study skills curriculum written by Scientology founder L. Ron
Hubbard is being taught as mainstream public education.
All the eighth-graders at Prescott Middle School are being taught
learning techniques Hubbard devised four decades ago when he set out
to remedy what he viewed as barriers to learning.
The curriculum and textbooks used by Prescott's 156 eighth-graders are
similar to methods and books used among Scientologists worldwide. And
teaching the children is a Scientologist hired by the school district.
Scientologists helped usher Hubbard's program into the school during
the chaotic months after Hurricane Katrina. Celebrity Scientologists
John Travolta and Isaac Hayes played key roles, as did a former
Clearwater resident known for her persuasive voice.
The people who run the program say Hubbard's teaching technique is
divorced from Scientology, that it is just a masterful way to learn.
They note that it has won the support of many non-Scientologists,
including a number of academics.
Other experts, though, question the quality of the program. And some
church skeptics fret that it is an insidious plan ultimately aimed at
promoting Scientology.
Prescott's principal had those same concerns. But after closely
monitoring the program for more than a year, she is confident
Hubbard's program is not teaching Scientology.
All she knows is that the school's long-dreadful scores have turned
around.
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Read it at
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/20/Worldandnation/Scientology_makes_it_.shtml
J. Spaceman
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