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The fourth grade teacher at the “Ivo Lola Ribar” Primary School in Novi Sad suggested that the parents of the viber group smoke incense in the classroom before the start of classes and that the children pray to “protect themselves” from the virus, the portal writes today Nova.rs.
Photo: EPA-EFE / VALDRIN XHEMAJAs stated in the text, a large part of the parents accepted his idea, and the mother who opposed this idea is currently being “lynched” in the mentioned group.
“Do you agree that we should burn incense in our classroom every day before school starts and pray the ‘Our Father’ prayer,” wrote the teacher, who also teaches religious education classes at the school, on the day before starting school.
Judging by the messages, 18 parents voted “in favor” and five “against”, and among them was the child’s mother, who is now accused of “undermining” the whole idea, just because she reminded them that we live in a secular state and that in there are also children of other religions in the class, as well as those who are not educated by their parents in a religious spirit.
“We continue to be a secular state and we have a Constitution that must be respected, as well as the rights of the child. “Due to the attitude I expressed, I am currently being ‘lynched’ in the parent group, and things have gone so far that we are considering transferring the child to another school,” this Novi Sad woman told Nova.rs.
Noting that she was not the only one with this attitude, but was the only one who expressed it publicly, she said that she had nothing personal against the teacher or religion, but that she considered that it had no place in school, apart of religious education classes for children whose parents decided.
The parent of another child, who did not agree with the teacher’s proposal, agrees to go to school out of knowledge and not belief.
“In my opinion, there is nothing to vote on or discuss. “My son goes to school to be educated, and it is solely up to us as parents to decide whether we will raise him as a believer or as an atheist, and no one has the right to make that decision for us,” said this father.
Despite the fact that the teacher’s proposal was mostly adopted in the viber group by the parents, the management of the primary school “Ivo Lola Ribar” still did not accept this viber “vote”.
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