by sumac | Jun 1, 2015 | Personal Apologies, Political Apologies
A public high school in Cranston, Rhode Island, had a big banner hanging in the auditorium, with an official school prayer on it. The school’s first class (1959) had been told to create it. The prayer would have been uncontroversial and unexciting (“Help us to...
by sumac | Apr 22, 2015 | Academic apologies
Morning announcements over intercom. Not a highlight of my school days. At White Oak High School in Longview, Texas, principal Dan Noll likes to read Bible verses. Such as: “Proverbs 15:8: The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright...