Schools reject evolution because of pressure from creationist parents

[Praxiteles]

Originally posted by npetreley
Yeah. Just the other day I watched a frog turn into an elk. It was fascinating.

That's nothing.  The other day I watched my significant other turn into a jewellery shop. 

That was just plain distressing. 

 

[TheBear]

Originally posted by Pete Harcoff
Here in Ontario almost all mention of evolution (with the exception of a Grade 12 biology course, which is entirely optional) was taken out of the school curriculum. From what I could gather, it was done for PC reasons.

That is truly sad. What, pray tell, are they teaching in it's place?

 

[TheBear]

BTW, Pete, my remark about sources was aimed at ocean, the one who started this thread.

 

[Stormy]

I am sorry, but I have held it back as long as I can.

Schools Reject Evolution!!!!

[move] [/move]

 

[Pete Harcoff]

Originally posted by TheBear
That is truly sad. What, pray tell, are they teaching in it's place?

Specifically, I'm not sure. I'd have to try to get ahold of the current curriculum.

This article (which originally appeared in my local newspaper) talks a little bit about what they teach in relation to biology:

"Ontario's new curriculum gives a great deal of attention to other, safer topics in biology. Life sciences begin in Grade 1 and continue every year in elementary school and in some grades of high school. All Ontario students are required to learn vast arrays of facts ranging from the parts and life cycles of plants (Grade 3) to how the availability of light, food and water affect animals (Grade 4) to models of human skeletons, muscles and nervous systems (Grade 5) and the functions of cells, organs and tissues
(Grade 8)."

BTW, Pete, my remark about sources was aimed at ocean, the one who started this thread.

I know, but since I interjected that bit way back on page 2, I was hoping it wouldn't go unnoticed.

 

[Pete Harcoff]

Originally posted by Stormy
I am sorry, but I have held it back as long as I can.

Schools Reject Evolution!!!!

Kids dumber than ever!!!!!

[move] [/move]

 

[TheBear]

Thanks, Pete. What did you think about the ASRSC's statement?

 

[Pete Harcoff]

Originally posted by TheBear
Thanks, Pete. What did you think about the ASRSC's statement?

It filled me with a glimmer of hope. The last paragraph is particularly telling (especially the last line).

While I doubt this will keep people from trying to edge creationism into the school system, I hope it prevents it from happening any time soon (and in doing so, gives more time for the theory of evolution to become supported by an ever increasing array of facts).

 

[Gunny]

Originally posted by ocean
Some schools are no longer teaching evolution because of pressure from creationist parents.

Well, I'll be who is going to tell my grandson his long lost uncle was a chimp.

 

[chickenman]

Well, I'll be who is going to tell my grandson his long lost uncle was a chimp.

the idiot who doesn't understand that we didn't come from chimps, but that chimps and humans share a common ancestor?

 

[TheBear]

Originally posted by gunnysgt
Well, I'll be who is going to tell my grandson his long lost uncle was a chimp.

Belay that, Gunny!!

ToE does not have us decending from chimps.

Drop, and give me 50! Then, study up on the subject before you comment any further.

Do it!

 

[chickenman]

sorry, I didn't see the "i'll be", I thought you were asking who the idiot was going to be

 

[FordPrefect]

Originally posted by chickenman
the idiot who doesn't understand that we didn't come from chimps, but that chimps and humans share a common ancestor?

Maybe it's us who don't understand his family tree...

 

[Gunny]

Originally posted by TheBear
Belay that, Gunny!!

ToE does not have us decending from chimps.

Drop, and give me 50! Then, study up on the subject before you comment any further.

Do it!

Bear, I have been dropping and doing 50 since I was a young lad. When your father is a Marine you don't get spanked you do pushups, lol.

 

[Gunny]

Originally posted by FordPrefect
Maybe it's us who don't understand his family tree...

Well you were blessed by being raised in a Christian home. Some of us are not as fortunate.

 

[TheBear]

Originally posted by gunnysgt
Bear, I have been dropping and doing 50 since I was a young lad. When your father is a Marine you don't get spanked you do pushups, lol.

Yes, my father was a Marine, just as I was. Now, to the books with you.

TURN TO!!!

 

[Stormy]

the idiot who doesn't understand that we didn't come from chimps, but that chimps and humans share a common ancestor?

Serious question.

What is this ancestors scientific name?

 

[Gunny]

Originally posted by chickenman
the idiot who doesn't understand that we didn't come from chimps, but that chimps and humans share a common ancestor?

Well, lad I have been called many a different things throughout my lifetime but chickenman sure wasn't one of them.

 

[Gunny]

Originally posted by TheBear
Yes, my father was a Marine, just as I was. Now, to the books with you.

TURN TO!!!

SEMPER FIDELIS!!!!

 

[TheBear]

Espirit de Corps!!!