Evolution’s Backers in Kansas Start Counterattack

[Flint]

Originally Posted by KinkyVixen

Why can't kids be taught both sides, and pick their own?

Science should be taught in science class. You go to a science class to learn science. That's why they call it a science class. If you don't want to learn science, don't go to a science class. If you need a science class for your degree, then there is probably a reason that you need to learn science, and therefore you should probably learn about science while you are in that science class. What was the other "side" to this ???

[9th Engineer]

Bah, I say just cut the whole section out so everyone will stop bitching. It's probably the most useless chapter of the year anyway and not worth the trouble if you ask me. Since we can't even seem to teach 40% of our students to read at a highschool level we have more pressing issues to deal with. Besides, you need to know genetics (and far more than the Mendelian
type) to even begin to understand the principles. I'll admit I'm confused as to why schoolboards feel it's ok to cut atomic theory and (real) genetics out of the cirriculum because 'students just cant handle that level of material (dumbasses), but insist that they are benefiting from a frantic race through evolutionary theory.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

Besides, you need to know genetics (and far more than the Mendelian type) to even begin to understand the principles.

Not really. You need to know genetics to understand the mechanism or the details, but all you need to know to understand the principle is that children are similar, but not identical, to their parents.