Re: Now that the post-Palin glee has subsided

On 4 Sep 2008 16:13:44 GMT, The BorgMan <me@xxxxxx> wrote:

"David V. Loewe, Jr" <daveloewe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:58:37 GMT, Jim Gysin <jimgysin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Randolph M. Jones sent the following on 9/3/2008 1:07 PM:
David V. Loewe, Jr wrote:
On 3 Sep 2008 16:43:57 GMT, The BorgMan <me@xxxxxx> wrote:
"David Loewe, Jr." <dloewe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2 Sep 2008 16:46:00 GMT, The BorgMan <me@xxxxxx> wrote:
"David V. Loewe, Jr" <daveloewe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:44:19 -0400, "Randolph M. Jones"
<rjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
David Loewe, Jr. wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:57:15 -0700 (PDT), Huck Kennedy
<tempehuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 29, 11:19 pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Huckabee wants to REQUIRE schools to teach creationism...
Palin does not.

Rong.

http://tinyurl.com/69uo9x

And in October of 2006, the Anchorage Daily News reported
that Palin said the following about creationism at a debate:

"Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of
information....Healthy debate is so important and it's so
valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both.
And you know, I say this too as the daughter of a science
teacher. Growing up with being so privileged and blessed to
be given a lot of information on, on both sides of the
subject--creationism and evolution. It's been a healthy
foundation for me. But don't be afraid of information
and let kids debate both sides."

Are you afraid of honest debate, Ralph?

*I* believe in evolution, and *I'm* not afraid of the debate.

Most grade school teachers I've come across don't foster
"debate" among their students, no matter which side of the
political fence they sit on.

They're teaching evolution in *grade school*?

I certainly hope so. It's pretty moronic if they don't.

How so?

It's basic biology education - along the lines of the food chain,
predator-prey relationships, the cycle of how populations balance
with available resources, etc.

Not teaching evolution would be a gap in that basic biology
education - and all of that is something that should be covered in
basic kids life science type classes.

In GRADE SCHOOL?

I think they should definitely teach about evolution in grade
school. It's pretty fundamental. It's a good tool for
understanding an awful lot of what goes on around us, including
biology, environment, anthropology, psychology, etc.

I agree with you and Aaron here, so you may want to start worrying, or
something.

Any of you with children: Are they being taught evolution in *grade
school*? Because we were not when I was in school.

Yep - my kid already covered some of the most basic aspects of it last
year in kindergarten.

I don't believe that.

I suspect now in first grade they'll talk about it a bit more.
--
"It is necessary to get behind someone before you can stab
them in the back."
- Sir Humphrey Appleby, "Yes Prime Minister"
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