Re: In the News: Russian Schoolgirl Flees to Dominicana Over Compulsory Darwinism Course

On Jan 31, 10:08 am, bdbry...@xxxxxxxxxxx (Bobby Bryant) wrote:
In article <lae0s2dj7ir77gk2h9k3t089lpe2q19...@xxxxxxx>,
Jason Spaceman <notrea...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:





From the article:
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A high school girl from St. Petersburg, who is suing Russia's
education authorities over the compulsory teaching of evolution in
schools, has left school and the country, citing pressure from
teachers and anonymous threats, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported
on Tuesday quoting a statement by the girl's father and lawyer.

Maria Shraiber and her father, Kirill Shraiber have said their suit
does not seek to abolish the teaching of Darwinism in schools, which
was official dogma in Soviet times, but to give schoolchildren the
right to study other theories regarding the origins of life.

Mr Shraiber said that since the suit was filed in July, his daughter
had suffered from serious discrimination at school and even received
threatening letters.

"Masha used to be a good student, but after we filed the suit, she
received six Ds on her quarterly report card," he said. "Of course, we
expected some confrontation, but not like this."

Mr Shraiber said Maria had left for the Dominican Republic where she
had already found a job at a real estate and travel agency.
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Read it athttp://mosnews.com/news/2007/01/30/baddarwin.shtml

Forgive my cynicism, but I'm going to put this one on hold until we
find out whether it's actually true. It sounds suspiciously yarn-like
to me.

--
Bobby Bryant
Reno, Nevada

That was my reaction as well. At the very least, it sounds as if
Maria was striving mightily for attention.

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