Inappropriate Art Subject For Children At Worthington Christian Schools

A parent recently realized where he saw the woman that his child had to draw a picture of in art class at Worthington Christian Schools (WCS). The WCS Art Teacher, Beth Heisey, had the children draw a picture of the Roman Sex Goddess, Venus, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths. The boys and girls had to draw the picture below from the painting "The Birth of Venus", by Sandro Botticelli c. 1485–1486:

A little bit more of that painting is shown below:

The complete painting is shown below:

From Dictionary.com, that Roman Goddess’ name means:

“physical desire, sexual appetite,” hence “qualities exciting desire, seductiveness, charm,” “a goddess personifying sexual attractiveness”

Is it appropriate for a private “Christian” school to have children draw pictures of a Roman Sex Goddess who represents sexual desire; that is, in a school where they deliberately put those children at “risk” with repeat child molesters led into temptation to molest children again? (refer to ABCsOfBetrayal.com)

Obviously NOT!


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