During my second year of teaching, I attended a conference in the Poconoes. While the main purpose of this weekend event was to develop student leaders, there were a series of seminars for advisers and teachers. The key note speaker was Dr. Jeff Myers who also led all the classes for adults. One of Dr. Myers’ topics exposed a flawed approach to education.
His topic for this specific seminar was entitled, Is Clifford the Big Red Dog Christian. Dr. Myers used basic apologetics, performing a cultural exegesis of a few episodes. Viewing this show through his children’s eyes, Dr. Myers used scripture to explain the worldview expressed by this show. What I learned early in my teaching career was that I didn’t expect as much as I should from my students. In fact, Dr. Myers taught me that education is teaching students how to think.
Proverbs 22:6 was the essence of Dr. Myers’ seminar, ” train a child in the way he or she should go, and when they are old, they will not turn from these ways.” If students can learn how to think from a biblical perspective, they will be able to escape the corruption which surrounds them. While information is important, a biblical worldview is essential. This will transform what students listen to, what they watch and how they invest their time.
by Jay Mankus
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