At 02:45 PM 3/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Now I seek advice on a second problem. This is the first semester I
have taught intro in several years. Years ago I learned to avoid the word
"evolution" -- whenever I would speak it, 2 or 3 students would stand up and
walk out. I learned to speak of "natural selection," not evolution. Last
week I slipped up and let the word "evolution" be part of the lecture a
couple of times. Now I am suddenly receiving religious mailings in my
campus mailbox (Awake!), religious brochures slid under my office door while
I am in class, and when I exit a classroom, I find persons I do not know
addressing me by name and explaining how I am bound by sin and only Jesus
can save me. If only I had not let the word "evolution" slip. I don't
really want to spend class time debating evolution versus creationism. Is
it wise to continue to try to avoid this confrontation or would a different
course of action be more productive?
Miguel Roig, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Notre Dame Division of St. John's College
St. John's University
300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10301
Voice: (718) 390-4513
Fax: (718) 390-4347
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Http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm
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