I did not make myself clear. I am in complete agreement with you. As I said, that was my first thought as well. The rest is calling attention to what I see as Prager’s evasiveness, the same kind of evasiveness he accuses others of.Nice try. Perhaps you noticed I used real inner city examples like martial arts class, auto repair and cosmetology, not strawmen like photosynthesis (?!?) class.
In addition, no one in this thread has presented a cogent response to my opinion that the real reason for the relief is the status of student rather than theist.
Rooftop and empty lot gardening have become popular in cities and so a class on photosynthesis is not as unlikely as he claims, although a more general course on gardening would have been a fairer example. A course on secular humanism is not unlikely either given that it may serve as a bridge between those of different religions and those with no religion.
In any case, the question of what the students are studying is secondary to seeing that they are students. His whole "thought experiment" is nothing more than rhetoric.