Bush backs teaching alternative to evolution in US schools
Bush backs teaching alternative to evolution
Well, goodie!Now our kids can be even more dumb by learning non-science in a science class.
That makes a heck of a lot of sense.
Here's something funny that I pulled off of usenet one day.
It's a good poke at the creationist loons:
"Unless you believe saber-tooth poodles were scampering around to avoid being stomped upon by brontosauruses, evolution is a fact, not a theory. Evolution wasn't invented by
"A body in motion tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest." That's
Somewhere in the middle of that celestial toilet swirl is
Geometry class escapes religious fundamentalist scrutiny, too, as a careful reading of Second Kings reveals. The circular alter in Solomon's temple, we're told is nine cubits in diameter and 27 cubits around the rim. Fine, except that makes Pi an even three-point-zero instead of that pesky ol' 3.1416 that's been vexing 8th grade geometry students since Pythagoras. Of course Pythagoras wasn't a born-again and besides, all he had about the hypotenuse was a "theory".
Why physics and geometry get a pass from folks who claim to read the Bible literally and Biology get subjected to full-blown monkey trial frenzy is beyond me. Nevertheless, the political climate in
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Heh, talking about dumb kids... on this side of the pond (UK) it's soon going to be impossible to fail an exam!
Seriously.
There is an attempt to introduce legislation whereby those not getting good grades will be given "Deferred Passes" rather than "Fails".
Apparently "Fail" could be unfair and may cause lasting psychological damage due to its negative connotations.
Words err... deferred pass me!!!
wow, that is one of the worst things I have ever heard.
Welcome to life in Blair's Britain! ;-)
You know what’s an alternative to evolution? Aliens spawned us by fusing their DNA with apes. So are we going to teach that, along with the Ancient Greeks and Aztecs theories on how life began? Or are we just going to teach the Bible?
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