Should Christians and Christian schools strive for top academic achievement?

What in the world are we doing by insisting on a rigorous curriculum and high academic achievement in Christian schools? Why do we teach school and demand high standards from our students? What are we trying to accomplish? Is the insistence on academic achievement biblical? Isn't a liberal arts education a Greco-Roman, classical idea and not a Christian one? Do we want our students to do something great with their lives or should we simply shelter them from an increasingly godless society? Alth

What in the world are we doing by insisting on a rigorous curriculum and high academic achievement in Christian schools? Why do we teach school and demand high standards from our students? What are we trying to accomplish? Is the insistence on academic achievement biblical? Isn't a liberal arts education a Greco-Roman, classical idea and not a Christian one? Do we want our students to do something great with their lives or should we simply shelter them from an increasingly godless society? Alth…