The Church Quizzing The Teens In Seminary: How Much Do They Know?

[cinepro]

Why would the church, which proclaims that it is full of light and revelation, truth and righteousness, even need or desire to have quizzes about what the youth know? Obviously if the Spirit is teaching, the leaders would already KNOW what they KNOW now wouldn't they?

It's possible the Brethren went to the Lord and asked what they need to be teaching the youth, and the response was that they needed to "study it out" and then ask Him.

Edited September 10, 2012 by cinepro

[thesometimesaint]

Kerry A. Shirts:

Last I looked the Lord has given many of us the ability to mind read. However he did give me the ability to ask the right questions.

[Mola Ram Suda Ram]

What gives?

I think at this point it is rather obvious. I could be wrong.

[boaz]

I took my kids out of seminary this year. I am tired of them messing with my kids.

[Freedom]

I took my kids out of seminary this year. I am tired of them messing with my kids.

and how exactly are they messing with your kids?

[Nathair/|\]

I'd like to see the questions and the answer key. I wonder how I stack up.

[trim]

It could be that the church is embracing some Lean Six Sigma program with a DMAIC methodology. Measure is a crucial step. Quizzing students isn't such a bad idea if they are looking at process improvement.

[Freedom]

I'd like to see the questions and the answer key. I wonder how I stack up.

Talk to your ward seminary teacher. Even the bishops have access to the quiz, it is posted on the seminary website that is password protected. I will ask the powers that be if the questions can be posted.

[MiserereNobis]

Maybe "No Child Left Behind" has reached LDS seminary... high stakes testing to determine the quality of education

Edited October 4, 2012 by MiserereNobis

[MiserereNobis]

I for one thought that they should always be doing this. I had three different instructors in my four years. Each of them taught a variety of false doctrine.

This problem is rampant in the Catholicism of today (post Vatican II Catholicism). Lay people are assigned to teach catechism and these teachers don't even know their own faith and so they promote false doctrines. I sympathize with you.

[Freedom]

Here is one of the questions:

To be reconciled to God means

a. to forgive each other

b. to be called and chosen

c. to become clean and worthy to return to him

d. to suffer the full measure of one's own sins

e. I don't know

[HiJolly]

I like that question!