If during the teaching of a class, a teacher sees that a controversial subject arises which will not help achieve the goals set for that class in the curriculum guide, then teacher will not use class time for the discussion of the topic. If a subject arises which the teacher has reason to believe is controversial and the discussion of that topic will help achieve the goals set out in the curriculum guide for that subject, then the teacher will do the following:

• Instruct the class of the responsibility of Christians to be charitable in debate.
• Instruct the class on their responsibility to honor the teaching they have received from their parents on the subject.
• As appropriate, direct the students’ attention to informed sources on each side of the subject concerned.
• Refrain from pursuing tangents or other unplanned subject matter that will lead to a possible mishandling/ poor teaching of controversial subjects.

According to Scripture, the teacher is serving as a role model of a mature Christian adult to the students. As such, teachers are never to enter into an adversarial debate with students on controversial subjects within a classroom setting. Even though the teacher may hold strong personal convictions regarding the subject a gracious and scholarly attitude should be encouraged.