sanjavalen Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/47011...ide-bomber.html The exercise is part of a teaching pack aimed at secondary school pupils that has been adopted by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. It requires children to prepare a presentation on the July 7 atrocity – in which 52 innocent people died – “from the perspective of the bombers”. They are asked to summarise the reasons why they thought the bombers wanted to carry out their attacks and even suggest some more. It has been produced by Calderdale council in Halifax, West Yorks, which borders the area where two of the July 7 bombers lived, and has been adopted by schools and even police forces across the country. The pack, which is called “Things do Change”, is intended as a way of addressing issues such as terrorism and suicide bombing through the national curriculum. But it was criticised yesterday by victims, educational experts and politicians, who feared it could be “dangerous” to ask children to adopt the mindset of a terrorist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Mac Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 ...and even suggest some more. The people who came up with this idea are just as sick as the terrorists, if not more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tito Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 This approach is without merit. Not least because the pupils would probably be forbidden from carrying it out properly ("I want to blow myself up because I am a maniacal psychopath who thinks a magical being in the sky wants me to crush his enemies") I blogged about this earlier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_Connery Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 The only thing I can disagree with is the "part I" in your title. The UK has been on this path for decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalism Forever Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 The UK has been on this path for decades. I think San was just making it official that they have now arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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