Texas Opens Classroom Door for Evolution Doubts

[kevinquinnyo]

But unfortunately I think those who would adovacte "strengths and weaknesses" would leave it at that and let the kids go off on their own. I'm sure there would be days of dicussion about math (bogus abiogenesis calculations), history (Hitler was a Darwinist), religion (Hindu's worship Hanuman the monkey god), philosophy (animals don't have morals so why should we if we evolved), chemistry (where did the chemicals in the primordial soup come from), and politics/economics (the same liberals who support evolution support global warming and it's all a part of blah, blah, blah).

The periodic idiotic science teacher who used a Creationist saw to start and end the classroom discussion of evolution would be the least of my worries. I'm more concerned about the committed science deniers who would, in the guise of balance or strengths and weaknesses or whatever would fill their charges with B.S. Creationist boilerplate and undermine the childrens appreciation or valuation of science.

Back when I was in high school, my biology teacher spent an entire day on a rant about "[...] what sparked the big bang? Maybe that was god!"

And she was otherwise a great teacher. So I can imagine that class would be pretty full of that kind of thing.

 

[MattusMaximus]

Back when I was in high school, my biology teacher spent an entire day on a rant about "[...] what sparked the big bang? Maybe that was god!"

And she was otherwise a great teacher. So I can imagine that class would be pretty full of that kind of thing.

This is an important point that is often overlooked. More than anything, it is the teacher in the classroom with the students that has the most influence on their learning.

Which is why good teacher education is so important.