Re: Facting-checking Ted Rall

Recklessly refusing to invoke the Fifth Amendment, on Wed, 09 Aug 2006
13:57:29 -0400, George Peatty <peattyg47-1230@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:52:29 GMT, ronniecat
<ronniecat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Because understanding what a solstice is, is basic (VERY basic)
science and critical to our understanding of how our world works -
quite literally (seasons, climate, etc.) If it is true that "the
number of kids who even know what a solstice is, is pretty small", how
can that not be bad?

If you're studying astronomy, I would agree. If you're a fifth grader, I'd
say not hardly .. Most kids know that summer has more hours of daylight than
winter, and that's about all they need to know about solstices ..

Just out of curiosity, presuming they know "that summer has more hours
of daylight than winter" but not why (that the earth tilts as it
rotates), is it it all they need to know about astronomy?

ronnie
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