Kansas comes to its senses

[pchang]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/02/14/evolution.debate.ap/index.html

The school board returns evolution to the class room!

[Proteus_MST]

I wouldn´t want to be a shool kid in Kansas.
The kids are really being driven into madness by the almost every year changing teachings about TOE and ID

Hope this one will last btw.

[Zkribbler]

Can we evict Kansas from the Union on the grounds that it is just to silly to remain?

[Kuciwalker]

If we could Florida would be long gone.

[DrS]

We have to do something about these damn school boards, who somehow think high school is a proper forum for scientific debate. High school is the place to teach consensus. If you want to debate, go to the graduate schools and submit articles.

[Zkribbler]

Don't be ridiculous. Floriday has DisneyWorld and, on the coastline, lots of nearly naked babes.

Edit: And sunken pirate treasure!!

[Aeson]

I don't think Evolution is necessary in High School in any case. It's just one of those token divisive issues like (gay) marriage that government should just keep out of altogether.

We need to teach kids the 3 R's with some health and home ec thrown in. A basic computer course is probably a good idea too. US history if we really want to go (patriotic) crazy, though something less "history" and more "how our government works" would be best. Then let the kids and their parents further their education as they see fit.

An understanding of evolution isn't a basic necessity in life, nor a requirement for the vast majority of jobs out there. The same can be said of the trivia stuff kids are taught in History and Geography. Sure it would be great if everyone had a well-rounded education... but the fact is that those who will have a well-rounded education would get it on their own... those who it's forced on just end up passing it up, or discarding it after graduation anyways. We shouldn't waste resources on so much inapplicable throw-away fact stuffing... especially when knowing how to use a search engine can cover all of it much more quickly.

[Nubclear]

If Americans become any more ignorant of history than they already are, I'm going to shoot myself.

[Kuciwalker]

/me has a plan

[Aeson]

Tass is as good as dead, no plan needed...

[Berzerker]

I dont think the board ever removed evolution from the classroom. What they didn't remove are the facts, teachers could still teach them...

[Drake Tungsten]

Who came up with the theory of evolution, anyway? Wasn't it Einstein? I think he thought it up while he was perfecting the light bulb...

[Nubclear]

why do you torment me

[Drake Tungsten]

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by DrS
We have to do something about these damn school boards, who somehow think high school is a proper forum for scientific debate. High school is the place to teach consensus. If you want to debate, go to the graduate schools and submit articles.

This is very familiar.

So who are you then?

Last Conformist?

Originally posted by Last Conformist

The schools aren't a forum of debate, and the scientific community isn't closed.

Krazy Horse?

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
That should read "the schools aren't properly a forum for debate"

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I'm using them as an indoctrination center. The only debate I'm interested in is among scientists.

or possibly Ramo?

Originally posted by Ramo
They? The children? If they're interested enough and are smart enough in a topic, they can pursue higher education, and publish informed criticism in scientific journals.