Originally Posted by KatzPajamas

Sex education?-NOResponsibility of the family to teach their version of value attached to intimate personal relationships. As far as having your daughter (and son, I might add) be part of an unwed, unplanned pregnancy-you can lead a horse to water, but the choice to drink is his!
Tolerance in schools?-ABSOLUTELYSelf control and respect of yourself and others. Blind obedience to allowing yourself to be abused and others exalted at your expense, NO Accept mindset that it is your fault that others have bought the victim mindset, NO
Save the rainforest? NO There are plenty of "save the______" issues out there that should be chosen on an individual basis. What right does the public school have to use tax dollars to promote one over the other.
Cultural Diversity? NOAll people are different. All people have traits that are very similar too. Why not focus on those traits and practices that unite us instead of those that divide? Or at least equal time for both...Ever heard the saying "divide and conquer"?
Environmental science? SURE But the foundations of scientific method needs to be emphasized and theories need to be put to those tests, no just blindly believed because told to.
Excellent responses also were posted by rubicon, ilovetv, and villagegolfer also. There is only so much time for the education process to take place. It needs to be restricted to the 3 R's-Reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic. After that people need to be taught to think for themselves with the information that they can gather and make rational, informed and proven conclusions. Not enough of that going on in schools for ages. Which is better, someone who can spit out the requested information or someone who can think on their own and invent and discover and make improvements in this world?