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Mark Souder: For technology class, and it is a career study. It is to help channel kids as to what they should do. Think of this…

On the recordOctober 6, 1997
For technology class, and it is a career study. It is to help channel kids as to what they should do. Think of this explosive information. Is this what we want public authorities knowing about our families? And if you do not think this is one of the most intrusive things you have ever heard, then perhaps you are on a different planet than I am. Number two, ``I will regularly take my children to church services.'' So they are asking these children in high school to anticipate whether they are going to take their children to church services. ``I have a close relationship with either my mother or my father.'' You will see patterns to a number of questions I am reading. Half of them are family intrusive and half of them are religious intrusive. ``I have taught Sunday school class or otherwise taken an active part in my church,'' if that is any business of the school. {time} 2315 Number 24, I believe in a God who answers prayers. I believe that tithing, giving one-tenth of one's earnings to the church, is one's duty to God. Number 41, I pray to God about my problems. Number 43, I like to spend holidays with my family. Number 53, it is important that grace be said before meals. Number 59, I care what my parents think about the things I do. Number 63, I believe there is life after death. Number 72, I read the bible and other religious writings regularly. Number 78, I love my parents. Number 82, I believe that God created man in his own image.
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Mark Souder
Indiana

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Discussing concerns over intrusive questions in a technology class survey.

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