I teach Biology to home-school families. I use Christian Biology textbooks, any Apologia Biology edition. I assured the families that Evolution and Sex Education are not part of my curriculum. The single chapter on Evolution is read at home and discussed as a family. Sex Ed is strictly a family subject. We discuss Bioethics from an orthodox Roman Catholic world view which values life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. My job is to support the home-school families, not undermine their beliefs. So, I stick to Apologia’s textbooks. When the kids do a unit on Bioethics, all of the families are advised well in advance. Lastly, parents are always welcome to join my classes. I have had many home-school parents sit in class for months just to be certain the science instruction was consistent with their faith. In a society seemingly intent on eroding family values, I’m determined to teach Biology as a science, not as a soapbox. Apologia it is!
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