"Evolution" Censorship
Georgia considers banning 'evolution'
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The state's school superintendent has proposed striking the word evolution from Georgia's science curriculum and replacing it with the phrase "biological changes over time."
I think maybe ... This is one of the ... If only people could .... Public education should be ... I'm sorry I'm speechless. Here's hoping my brother moves his kids to private school.
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The state's school superintendent has proposed striking the word evolution from Georgia's science curriculum and replacing it with the phrase "biological changes over time."
I think maybe ... This is one of the ... If only people could .... Public education should be ... I'm sorry I'm speechless. Here's hoping my brother moves his kids to private school.
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for real.
Originally posted by Scott
Public education should be ...
I don't think this is a problem with public education.
If they were going to try to not offend people they would have to get rid of any suggestion of change over time.
Now the students just grow up thinking that evolution and biological change over time are completely different.
Originally posted by billybobsky
Now the students just grow up thinking that evolution and biological change over time are completely different.
i guess that's the point ... little steps ...
Now will the alternative actually be better? Will private schools actually teach something parents don't want their children to learn?
Public schools don't offer you that without incurring the jump in cost for private schooling in the first place. Public schools are a classic monopoly - no competition, so they suck.
Originally posted by Kickaha
The point is, that if they do, the parents can pull them out and place them elsewhere.
In a business environment, I don't think schools will have a choice but to offer what the majority of the population wants. And it looks the majority wants to defile sound scientific concepts conflicting with said majority's cultural values.
Otherwise, things like this would never enter the news cycle. These are elected officials promoting an agenda. It is not sound to think the same people who elected said officials would not be able to influence a private school environment. They in fact would have more power due to boycotts and such.
The only schools that will be able stand on their own and set their own agenda are ones that have a benefactor, like the Agassi Academy in Vegas.
So what is the vision of private education? What schools will come about? How will students become better people? What schools will survive in this environment? What will kids learn?
Originally posted by groverat
Thanks, Jesus.
You're welcome, my son.
Scary
Fellows
I am really happy to see you say this, but I admit I am a little confused - I thought you were a young-earth creationist? I would have sworn I remembered you talking about meeting Gish (or someone similar) and being active in the creationist groups.
Am I mistaken? Or do you have a different reason for opposing this? I am NOT going to get involved in a creation/evolution debate, just curious.
Fish
Originally posted by fishdoc
Fellows,
I am really happy to see you say this, but I admit I am a little confused - I thought you were a young-earth creationist? I would have sworn I remembered you talking about meeting Gish (or someone similar) and being active in the creationist groups.
Am I mistaken? Or do you have a different reason for opposing this? I am NOT going to get involved in a creation/evolution debate, just curious.
Fish
For me the study of origins is important be it ideas related to some sort of design concept or evolution concept. What I find troubling is if people can't refer to something as what it is. What is so hard about calling evolution "evolution"? This story in Georgia is troubling as it is far too polical in nature based on ignorance. Again there is nothing complicated about calling evolution "evolution".
Fellows
Are Republicans going to insist on the removal of the words WoMD
and replace them with "weapons-related program activities" ?
... oh wait.
I couldn't agree more. The key distinction here is between the kind of people who want schools to teach children that invisible fairies make objects fall to the ground and the kind of people who want to call the scientifically accepted and demonstrable principle of gravity "natural force of attraction between two massive bodies" in a really pathetic attempt to keep that first group of people from raising hell. I'm somewhat torn as to which group is more asinine and contemptible.
Great, now I really have an urge to go rent "The Scopes Monkey Trial". Maybe it'll come on AMC this weekend!
Originally posted by groverat
FShip is what one would call a "person who may disagree but can behave in a civil manner anyway". They are rare, I know.
not only that, but fellows is still young and growing...he actually thinks and learns and, horrors, sometimes changes how he looks at things...
the fellows of today is not the fellows of two years ago, nor will he be the same two years from now...and that is a good thing and i am very proud of him
g'rat on the other hand......
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