Re: Wall Street Journal on "academic freedom" push

On May 2, 11:49 am, Glend <interelectromagne...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I like the ending:

"So far, few teachers have come forward in favor of these bills. The
Florida Education Association, which represents 140,000 teachers,
opposes the concept.

"Doug Cowan, a public-school biology teacher, said his colleagues are
often afraid to speak out.

"Mr. Cowan said he tells students: "I'm going to give you the evidence
for evolution and the evidence against, and let you decide." For
instance, he'll mention Darwin's observation that finches evolve
different-shaped beaks to suit different ecosystems. Then he'll add
that you don't see a finch changing into another species.

"Asked what evidence he presents to bolster evolution, Mr. Cowan
paused. "I don't have any," he said.

"Mr. Cowan's principal said that teachers are not supposed to veer
from the approved textbooks. That's why Mr. Cowan would like a legal
guarantee he can teach as he sees fit.

" "This is America," Mr. Cowan said. "My gosh. Why walk on eggshells?"
"

A pretty fair run-down of the current national situation:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120967537476060561.html?mod=special_p...

Oh yeah, why walk on eggshells? Why shouldn't the government pay this
ignoramus to ignore the terabytes of evidence for evolution, while he
makes dull "points" fed to him by IDiots?

I'd say that was a pretty good way to conclude the article.

Glen Davidsonhttp://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7

So the real reason Mr Cowan should worry is that he is terrible at his
job.
If he was really teaching, he would be able to present tons of
evidence for evolution.

So the whole purpose of this is to allow teachers to misinform their
students.

Rodjk #613

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