The Controversial Issue of Religion in Schools I was once talking with a man who told me that he did not believe in giving little children any religious instruction whatsoever. His theory was that the child's mind should not be prejudiced in any direction, but when he came to years of discretion, he should be permitted to choose his religious opinions for himself. I said nothing, but after awhile he asked me if I would …showed first 75 words of 2199 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2199 total…April 22, 2003. <http://www.aacu-edu.org/news_room/press_releases/ leonreligion.cfm>. Johnson, Robert. "Teaching the Forbidden: Literature and the Religious Student." Working With Ideas. Dunbar-Odem, Donna, ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. 299. NEA Journal. September 1963. Internet. April 10, 2003. <http://dunamai.com/ articles/atheist/supremec.htm>. Odem-Dunbar, Donna. Getting Started. Working With Ideas. Dunbar-Odem, Donna, ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. 296. Shea, Christopher. "Sexual Tension." Working With Ideas. Dunbar-Odem, Donna, ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. 323.