BYU Idaho: Hold On, It Gets Better
Posted by Andrew | Filed under Education
If you read this blog, than I most likely like you. And if you agree with what I say in my postings here, than you are clearly a very intelligent individual. I decided I didn’t hand it to BYU Idaho enough on our last outing, so I’m going to tear them down some more. We focused mostly on their “Vision Statement” last time, let’s keep reading from the BYU Idaho Learning Model, shall we?
Principle One: Learners and teachers at BYU–Idaho exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as a principle of action and power.
The whole premise if you don’t get it is that basically people who have faith in Jesus Christ are able to learn on a deeper level. And people who don’t have faith are stupid, that is what they are saying. This is called discrimination. How will having faith help me achieve employment later in life? If you go to engineering school, you can’t just have faith that the machine you designed is going to work, it has to work. If you go into Communications like me, you can’t have faith that the camera is recording, it has to record. Faith doesn’t get you anywhere in the modern world. Does the Church itself hire accountants who just have faith the numbers will add up? Puh-lease.
Principle Two: Learners and teachers at BYU–Idaho understand that true teaching is done by and with the Holy Ghost.
True teaching is done by and with the Holy Ghost? Yeah, if you are wearing a suit and a black badge and getting doors slammed in your face all day. The last time I checked, the Holy Ghost wasn’t giving me advice on what the Pythagorean theorem is and how to use it. This is a concept that should only apply when learning the Gospel, the teachings of the Church. Not when you are preparing yourself for a career and hopefully, financial independence.
Principle Three: Learners and teachers at BYU–Idaho lay hold upon the word of God—as found in the holy scriptures and in the words of the prophets—in all disciplines.
Yes, because Isaiah had a lot to say about the theories of politics and economics held by Karl Marx, founder of Communism. Oh, and have you ever read Paul’s essay about the India’s movement for Independence from the British Empire? Once again, this principle should only apply in a class where you are learning about the Gospel.
The are two more principles included in the Learning Model. If you read them, they only support the first three that I touched on in this post. How will potential employers take a degree from this school seriously if this is the attitude about education that they are sharing publicly? Members of the Church should be concerned about this, especially those who are sending there sons and daughters there. Schools need to focus on academics, not religion or lifestyle.
