Bill would require all Idaho school kids to read ‘Atlas Shrugged’ to graduate
The chairman of the Idaho Senate’s Education Committee has introduced legislation to require every Idaho high-school student to read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” and pass a test on it. He said he was making a “statement.”
if I were that chairman, I think it would be a more productive use of time to repeal some education-based law in Idaho, rather than waste time doing something that he knows won't pass. for instance: has Idaho worked hard at allowing school vouchers?
The only problem is getting teachers to not skew the philosophy behind it.
Indeed, I think it is imperative that subjects like philosophy, politics, and religion be taught in an impartial and objective manner. Otherwise it would be indoctrination rather than education.
And yes, I'm not disputing that indoctrination occurs—but the solution is not to supplement indoctrination into one ideology with indoctrination into another.