jakesteele
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My niece is taking an elective class this year at her middle school called "pop culture". Frankly, I'm pissed off over it anyway as they got rid of computer class for learning Marilyn Monroe's real name, but whatever. Thanks to the Governator, California kids are getting a top notch education in useless crap.
Anyway, the woman teaching the class believes in every conspiracy theory. JFK assassination magic bullet theory, bombs in the World Trade Center, moon Landing hoax - she believes them all. Not only does she believe we didn't land on the moon, she believes we've never been to outer space at all. When a student said "but what about the sonic booms" made by the re-entering space shuttles, she said "the government faked them".
So my question is - how difficult would it be to fake the double sonic booms we hear every time the shuttle comes home?
As a teacher, she should not be allowed to express her views on something like that the same was as trying to foist religion, atheism or any other kind of belief system. The kids are the to learn 'readin', ritin' and 'rithmetic.