I just got back from GCSE options evening at Senior Muppet's school. How 
does a child of mine end up in not one but *two* RE courses?

*sigh* I'll really have to work harder on this militant agnostic thing.

Jani

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:05:50 -0000, "Jani" 
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>I just got back from GCSE options evening at Senior Muppet's school. How 
>does a child of mine end up in not one but *two* RE courses?
>

How is it possible to do two religious studies courses? We got plain
old RE at school, and I don't think anyone ever did it past second
year, when it was no longer foisted upon us.

>*sigh* I'll really have to work harder on this militant agnostic thing.

<g> Always good to have a grounding in these things anyway, I'd have
though. 


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When will I be most myself?
I thought I'd always be their child.
In my sleep it's never winter."

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> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:05:50 -0000, "Jani" 
> blethered:
>
>>I just got back from GCSE options evening at Senior Muppet's school. How
>>does a child of mine end up in not one but *two* RE courses?
>>
>
> How is it possible to do two religious studies courses? We got plain
> old RE at school, and I don't think anyone ever did it past second
> year, when it was no longer foisted upon us.

RE is a compulsory core subject, although it wasn't entirely clear if it's 
exam or not. She also picked Philosophy and Ethics as one of her options, 
which comes under RS (Religious Studies) GCSE. Looks a nice course, though.

Jani

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> "Halla"  wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:05:50 -0000, "Jani" 
> > blethered:
> >
> >>I just got back from GCSE options evening at Senior Muppet's school. How
> >>does a child of mine end up in not one but *two* RE courses?
> >>
> >
> > How is it possible to do two religious studies courses? We got plain
> > old RE at school, and I don't think anyone ever did it past second
> > year, when it was no longer foisted upon us.
>
> RE is a compulsory core subject, although it wasn't entirely clear if it's
> exam or not. She also picked Philosophy and Ethics as one of her options,
> which comes under RS (Religious Studies) GCSE. Looks a nice course,
though.
>
Ooh got a good book in a cheapie shop a while back - "Godless Morality" by
Richard Holloway - Amazon tells me a new edition was published in 2004. I
found it fascinating and I think is worth a look. Holloway is a bishop but
the book comes across with a more humanistic slant. I'm very much in favour
of moving ethics and morality out of the hands of religion as much as
possible.

Jo

> Jani
>
>

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:29:57 -0000, "Jani" 
blethered:

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>"Halla"  wrote in message 
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>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:05:50 -0000, "Jani" 
>> blethered:
>>
>>>I just got back from GCSE options evening at Senior Muppet's school. How
>>>does a child of mine end up in not one but *two* RE courses?
>>>
>>
>> How is it possible to do two religious studies courses? We got plain
>> old RE at school, and I don't think anyone ever did it past second
>> year, when it was no longer foisted upon us.
>
>RE is a compulsory core subject, although it wasn't entirely clear if it's 
>exam or not. 

It was at my school too but I'm pretty sure it was only until second
year. I remember that the RE department decided to get us to do
SCOTVEC modules in Religious Belief and Expression and Ethics (if I
remember rightly) so we got something other than abject boredom out of
the lessons, but now I can't remember if that was in fourth year or at
the end of second year... <:-/

>She also picked Philosophy and Ethics as one of her options, 
>which comes under RS (Religious Studies) GCSE. Looks a nice course, though.

Hope it's fun too. :-)


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When will I be most myself?
I thought I'd always be their child.
In my sleep it's never winter."

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> Ooh got a good book in a cheapie shop a while back - "Godless Morality" by
> Richard Holloway - Amazon tells me a new edition was published in 2004. I
> found it fascinating and I think is worth a look. Holloway is a bishop but
> the book comes across with a more humanistic slant.

*goes to Amazon* Yes, it does look interesting. (The first hit on Google for 
"godless morality" turned up Peter Singer. They made Singer a *bishop*? I 
thought. Wow.)

 I'm very much in favour
> of moving ethics and morality out of the hands of religion as much as
> possible.

Quite agree.

Jani