How distressing, Dennis. I'm curious how scientists/professionals/educators who are on "the other side" of an issue (such as believing in evolution when your school board is pushing for Intelligent Design) feel about situations like this when it's in your home state. Do you feel an undercurrent of anger all the time? Depression? It *does* sound distressing. Might be an interesting psychology paper...
One of our daughters lives in a state (the name of which I shall protect in the interest of...not sure what....) and she's continually embarrassed by the idiocy that comes out of her state. She told me today that Bill Maher's section on "Stupidest State" often features it. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Dennis Goff <dg...@randolphcollege.edu>wrote: > > > This attack on education is only the tip of an iceberg here in Virginia. > To see how bad it is use “the Google” to find news about our Attorney > General, Cuccinelli. His McCarthy like attack on academic freedom at the > University of Virginia is just one of his many “accomplishments. “ > > > http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/10/cuccinellis-attack-climate-science-continues > > Tiny URL *http://tinyurl.com/3ytxejf * > > * * > > Dennis > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Dennis M. Goff > > Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology > > Department of Psychology > > Randolph College (*Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891*) > > Lynchburg VA 24503 > > dg...@randolphcollege.edu > > > > > > > > *From:* Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:44 AM > > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* [tips] revisionist history > > > > > > A history textbook distributed to fourth-graders in Virginia last month > asserts that "thousands of African-Americans fought for the South during the > Civil War." Not surprisingly, this claim is rejected by Civil War > historians. The author, Joy Masoff, says she found the information > "primarily through internet research." > > > > Her defense? "I am a fairly respected writer." Well, that should do it, > shouldn't it? > > > http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/221106/critics-say-grade-school-text-downplays-slavery > > > > A group called "Sons of Confederate Veterans" is the apparent source of > this startling information. If you check out this site, be sure to turn > your speaker *down *- a "soldier" comes on your screen and the volume is > very loud. http://www.scv.org/ > > > > I don't know if others recall that last spring, Virginia's governor, Robert > McDonnell, introduced "Confederate History Month" in Virginia without > managing to mention the rôle of slavery in the Civil War, as mentioned in > the story. > > > > Beth Benoit > > Granite State College > > Plymouth State University > > New Hampshire > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: dg...@randolphcollege.edu. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13169.2bfd597f06c032f81efb35e857e2dd91&n=T&l=tips&o=5822 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-5822-13169.2bfd597f06c032f81efb35e857e2d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=5831 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-5831-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5832 or send a blank email to leave-5832-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
