Questions for the General Public

[Melicious]

your "theories" dont belong in public school science classrooms...do that on tour own time.

They're not MY theories at all. They're others that should not be introduced in class, but ought to be explored if wished upon.

[elevatethis]

I can just imagine how fast my parents would have been on the phone with a school administrator if I came home and started talking about how my science teacher told me to do a google search on "creative design" and write a paper about it for extra credit.

Mel, I really hate to say it, what you are suggesting doing would be a basis for termination in most public school systems.

[Jeanne]

Let me ask you something. Do you read the newspaper and take that as law? That everything in the newspaper is true? I would hope not.

I'm not stating that everything in the text books will be wrong, or that it's all false, I'm simply stating that I won't just accept what's in my textbook to be the complete truth.

I simply want my students to realize that the textbook issued to them is not the end-all be-all.

Actually, no I dont believe everything in a newspaper, and I dont think text books are the end all be all... however, I just think there needs to be a separation of church and state that is gone by , by ALL educators... period. Church does not belong in a science teaching, nor a churchs beliefs.. they should have no bearing on that class whats so ever.

[Adam_Wysocki]

I had a heated conversation with a girl who was convinced that dinosaur bones were fake and placed on earth by the devil in order to lure non-believers to hell. WOW!

I like it! Wanna PM me her number?

-adam

[elevatethis]

It was actually one of Lindsay's roommates from last year!

She was kinda cute, and a nursing major to boot!

[Melicious]

I can just imagine how fast my parents would have been on the phone with a school administrator if I came home and started talking about how my science teacher told me to do a google search on "creative design" and write a paper about it for extra credit.

Mel, I really hate to say it, what you are suggesting doing would be a basis for termination in most public school systems.

It's intelligent design, but hey...I disagree with that idea to begin with. I look at the world today, and I damn-well can assume that there was little intelligence. ^_^

I guess I'm just truly astonished that the people in today's society would be so against an educator encouraging a student, whether for extra-credit or not, to look beyond just the curriculum. Whether it's about evolution, stem-cell research or viruses, I want to encourage them to learn more, see what's out there, and satiate a hunger for knowledge. (Maybe I was just the weird kid who wanted to learn. O_O)

But...I'm a firm believer in the flatulent raccoon theory. ^_^ ~Wonders if anyone knows where that one came from.~

[xdeus]

They're not MY theories at all. They're others that should not be introduced in class, but ought to be explored if wished upon.

So why do you feel it's your job (duty) to encourage this as a science teacher?

[Adam_Wysocki]

It was actually one of Lindsay's roommates from last year!

She was kinda cute, and a nursing major to boot!

Hook a brother up dude!

-adam

[Melicious]

So why do you feel it's your job (duty) to encourage this as a science teacher?

I feel it's my job/duty to encourage them to learn outside of the text. To at least SEE what's out there. Whether they do it or not is their perrogative.

[elevatethis]

Mel, I would seriously reconsider your attitude about taking today's science "with a grain of salt" or wanting to explore theological explanations for natural phenomena. I assure you, there's no way you'll achieve a biology degree with that kind of perception.

Science is about knowing nothing, being completely unbiased, and making observations about the world around you in order to learn. The scientific method and theological perspective are mutually exlusive.