Greetings fellow Kansan.....I know your pain. FYI, we have another big KBOE election coming up this year....with 3 moderate seats up for re-election, and 2 of them are retiring from the board. There's a real danger that we could have a repeat of the embarrassment's of 2000 and 2004.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The storage I was referring to was the black hole of forgotten factoids. > :) > > I live in Kansas so I'm all too familiar with creationism. One of their > big > talking points is that evolution is taught as a fact when it should be > taught as a theory. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I love this story > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > That's a good point considering that the average student will file the > > arcane distinction between 'scientific theory' and 'theory' in the > > same mental category as quadratic equations and the date that Napoleon > > was defeated at Waterloo. > > > Not really sure what you mean by that, other than they will file it away > where they store all their other facts...? If you are going to study > science, it's imperative that you know what a scientific theory is. > > But seriously, I was surprised that evolution was not already part of the > > science curriculum in Florida. I don't have to go too far out on a > > limb to say that it was probably taught anyway in most schools. > > > I'm sure you are right. Most people know instinctively what is the proper > course of action here. That is why it should be a mere formality that THE > central doctrine of biological study should be required learning. > > Amazing that there is even a debate, but as I've said in the past....you > will never be disappointed by underestimating the human animal. > > -- > My word's but a whisper > Your deafness, a shout > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254930 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
