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Which is why I would give my opinion. If I'm not teaching my pupils in good faith, then why am I teaching?
The giving of the opinion has to be shaped in the right way, however. Why each of us should formulate our views (opinions), how we should treat other opinions, how we can learn from other or differing opinions.
One thing that has been bled dry from the modern teaching systems (aka public teaching, not homeschooling) is the character aspect, the development of becoming a moral and mature person of character. This entire dimension was bled dry, and then after disappearing, replaced with a completely evil system of Marxist thought.
I subscribe to this framework with regards to education. Education should be character education.
The first and most important education is education of heart. Developing a good heart, a strong conscience, an ability to reflect and grow into a responsible person, connect with the inner self.
The second most important education is education of norms and ethics. The ability to understand what healthy relationships are and build them. Whether in the family, in society, and anywhere one encounters others.
The third most important education is education for mastery, which essentially is education of information, techniques, and ideas that allow one to interact with and make a positive contribution to the world and express one's own unique value.
The modern system of education essentially uses a model of education established with the industrial revolution, and all but ignores the first and second aspects of education. More and more, our histories, and the examples of people of great character etc, are removed from the education program, replaced with indoctrination.
If the Marxist and Neo-Marxist teachers (those indoctrinated in neo-Marxism, whether they know it or not) were to preface their propaganda with educating about different views, the responsibility to form one's own opinions, and not push marxist doctrine as if it were factual, then yes, that would hinder their processes, I think.
Evolution: Personally, i believe we (the general 'we') still are missing key elements in the whole picture, and so as yet, generally speaking, we don't have an effective theory of creation that unites faith in and understanding of a Creator with the observable mechanics of how this aspect of nature works. We're getting closer, but not there yet.
To get there, we need to develop or uncover a comprehensive theory of Creation, including the purpose of creation, what fundamental principles underlie the creation process and which dictate how the created world operations. That theory must be able to incorporate and reconcile with observable scientific facts, including the role and purpose of human beings within the overall scheme of the universe.