Hoskins on CM
Wojtek Sokolowski
sokol at jhu.edu
Fri Aug 13 11:56:48 PDT 1999
At 03:03 PM 8/12/99 +0100, Joe Kaplinsky quoted:
>From the Washington Post
>http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/08/157l-080899-idx.h
tml
>
>Creationism Evolves
>Kansas Board Targets Darwin
>By Hanna Rosin
>Washington Post Staff Writer
>Sunday, August 8, 1999; Page A01
>
>For biology teacher Al Frisby, teaching evolution to the many students who
>take the Bible literally is like "banging his face against a brick wall."
>More than a third of the students at his suburban high school in Shawnee
>Mission, Kan., wrote in a final evaluation last year that they did not
>believe a thing their teacher had to say on the subject.
>
>The challenge Frisby faces is apt to get tougher next year. On Wednesday, a
>majority of the Kansas Board of Education may vote to pass a new statewide
>science curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade that wipes out
>virtually all mention of evolution and related concepts: natural selection,
>common ancestors and the origins of the universe.
That is good, isn't it? Undercutting education makes it more difficult for
the christian vermin and their litter to compete in the job market. the
less educated they are, the less chances they have to succeed economically
and politically - and that is a good thing, no?
wojtek
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