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What does Dr. Black mean when she says the Christian school is important in raising a generation that is more than just competent cognitively?
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Christian school are important in raising a generation that is not only competent cognitively but helps students be confident in their faith and purpose in the world. It gives the generation a foundation to always fall back on when navigating difficult time.
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In addition to being competent cognitively, our students have to be critical thinkers and people of character. All we can do as teachers is provide the information to the students. Because of the free will given by God, it is up to the students to take what they learned and apply it to any given situation. There is a lot of false information in the world and that false information can lead to some poor decisions by students. It is only though learning that students can make those all important life decisions.
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Since we were created by God (a Spirit) and He breathed into man and we became a living soul, our (first) nature is spiritual, (second) possessing a soul, (third) housed in a body. For one to only focus on the cognitive/emotional state of man will be only a partial intervention of man’s more dire need- the regeneration of his Spirit through Christ Jesus; henceforth getting man back to his Creator is the only way they will be complete again in mind/emotion, body, and soul, and the gifts, talents, careers given to men by Him will bring Glory to God and give man their purpose in life.
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It our responsibility as teachers to teach the subject matters correctly, to make the most of the curriculum and expound on the academics our students need to be successful in life. But as christian teachers we have a much bigger responsibility to prepare the students to understand that they are eternal beings and the need we have to come to salvation and live our lives for God’s glory and eventually enjoy eternity in God’s presence.
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She means that while we want them to be competent in what they have learned in the three R’s, we also want them to have a belief in Jesus Christ as their savior. They will have to live a life on the earth and make a living and have a family and such, what happens after this earthly life is so much more important.
