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Society and social problems Speaking  Noel Bacca INGLES VI 76RA1

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Cardenas, L. and others (2017). Educación religiosa y pluralismo en los colegios públicos de Bogotá. Unal. Available at:

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https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/inicio/Constitucion%20politica%20de%20Colombia%20-%202015.pdf

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https://www.mineducacion.gov.co/1621/articles-85906_archivo_pdf.pdf

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1. What are your final thoughts about the topic? There are a lot of things to say about that, because when most of the people think that international or regional problems are caused by money or territories, ultimately, the question is about faith. What a community feels or perceives about its reality is expressed through art in a particular way. However, if those perceptions are denied or destroyed by others, then you get a conflict, like what happened with Spanish incursion in the Americas (Pérez, 2013).

2. What are the ways to improve it in Colombia? (conclusions) This is a titanic challenge, but we have to start with researching more, demonstrating that religious discrimination still here and students are mistreated or made invisible because they are different. We must really love students, learn from them, respect their culture and cosmogony, communicating ours too with kindness and empathy. Practicing one of Jesus teachings: “do to others what you want they do for you”.

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1.How is your profession related to this social topic? Why? Since prehistory, human beings used to express their feelings, thoughts and beliefs through art. Art can communicate and let people understand others’ behavior and culture. So It is a social and integrating instrument.

2. How can you contribute from your profession to this social topic and Why? Respecting the 24th article of law 115 (1994), about not to indoctrinate or discriminate people by religion, I can promote a safe and open space of intercultural dialogue, comprehension and respect to other points of view and traditions, using art as a communication canal and record of cosmogony.

3. How can you improve this social topic regarding your professional and personal role in Colombia? Researching deeply into national and international laws to demonstrate the need to enlarge religious teaching, not only religion classes, but also art, history, economy, ethics, music, etc. It will expand the students’ mind, comprehension, multicultural knowledge and social skills.

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How this social topic is developed in the world? Well, although it is supposed that there is religious freedom (at least in Colombia - art. 6, 18, 19, 27 the National Constitution - 1991). The fact is that it is forbidden to talk or teach about faith issues in schools or Universities (unless into the religion classes). Talking or teaching faith is taken like indoctrination and a power abuse from a teacher to students. Just remember the movie (God’s not dead 2) where a history teacher is sued because she answers a student’s question about Jesus. There are a lot of gender, political, or economical indoctrination everywhere, all the time, but the name of Jesus is forbidden, even when he changed the world to such a point that history is divided before and after him. Did you get it?

2. How well-developed is the topic in Colombia? Although it is restricted to do it in some schools and Universities as Cardenas (2017) affirms, there is not enough research about religion and the consequences of speaking about religion into the classroom or legal problems associated.

3. What are some positive and negative views about this topic in Colombia? Positive: There are no radical positions from parents or educational institutions yet, and relatively there are open minded people who are interested in talking about different religious beliefs (compared with countries of islamic culture). Negative: According to Beltran (2020), the most public educational institutions work with the catholic doctrine, but the religious subject does not allow students to learn or get deep in other religious beliefs.

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I want to talk to you about Faith in Art, a religious culture or a human spirit manifestation?

Today the topic Faith in art teaching, even in every subject is forbidden. Art is used to be seen as a political or religious instrument, but in fact, It is a free human manifestation from prehistory.

It is relevant in society because Art cannot be limited, and faith expressed through every kind of art is a human right related to personality expression. You might understand others better when you get what they believe and think.