Arguing is pointless for me is what I am saying. Because I stand on this point. The same way you will agree with it until you die. Religion in my opinion, is not important enough to be focused on in school. I respect them, they are fine to have, I do not want to have religious debates.
There are exceptions yes, but the constitution still says it in the first amendment. Which is still, in my opinion, a separation of church and state. I never said that the law cannot touch in religion at all. But it cannot, as you said, mandate religious practices. Someone mentioned a 'mandated silence' period where everyone bowed their head and prayed to whatever they believed in. Atheists (there are many atheists in my high school) would make their remarks and laugh and roll their eyes. Not all of them, but trust me, I am in high school, it's a terrible idea. It's already bad enough be have the Christian clique and Muslim clique researching each others religions to use against each other. It is a mandated religious practice to be silent, bow your head and pray. If it wasn't mandatory, then atheists would be able to talk and do as they please freely (as it is now) and then other religious people may get annoyed or it may simply go back to how it is now when everyone ignores the pledge allegiance and just laughs and talks through it.
Even if my example you don't agree with it, even if it were wrong and neither separation of church and state mattered, nor the constitution, it is still a bad idea in my opinion. I am resistant to the idea not because I am ignorant or uneducated, but because I simply do not think making it mandatory would do anything but harm. I go to school to learn how to get into the workforce, I learn how to deal with people through time, I develop my religious beliefs and liberal beliefs through time, and in any case... And if school does such a bad job with teaching normal subjects and keeping students healthy, why would we want to add in another forced subject?
I am done now, like I said, arguing is pointless. I have school to finish and things to do and this subject right here and now is not important to me because it is not coming up in voting polls to actually be a law anytime soon. Nor will it ever in my lifetime do I believe. I still stand to there is a place to educate and a place for religion. I don't know how to say this politely. But I believe that schools should be legally allowed to force student into studying falsities.
That is where I end, you can continue if you wish.