pongo Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Loch Ness monster cited by US schools as evidence that evolution is myth apparently: THOUSANDS of American school pupils are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real – in an attempt by religious teachers to disprove Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombay Bad Boy Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Skip to 2:35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HeliX Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 And here was me thinking America couldn't get any stupider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotteo Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Probably one of the least far-fetched tales these religious kooks are teaching the young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I'm stunned - do you mean to tell me that the Loch Ness Monster DOESN'T exist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 There is something seriously odd going on within right-wing politics in the US. The culture wars have moved into the Class room big time with huge political battles over text books and curriculums. In Texas the Republicans have come out with this little gem: Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority. See p12 of the actual document on p 20 of this PDF. A political party which is against critical thinking because it challenges the student's fixed beliefs and undermines parental authority!!!! Erm what do they think learning and growing up are all about! Sure there are loads of political trigger words and dog whistles in that language, but the overall message is terrible for creating a population which can independently reason and function in the complex modern world. Share croppin, bible study and church - well if that's all your interested in you can get by with parental authority and fixed beliefs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 If Darwin was American - I bet things would be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Creationist groups win Michael Gove's approval to open free schools God bless the English Tories. Grindon Hall Christian school in Sunderland, a private school due to reopen in September with state funding, says on its website that it will present creationism as science and affirm the position that Christians believe God's creation of the world is "not just a theory but a fact". Ministers have also approved a free school in Sevenoaks, Kent, which declares on its website that it will teach in RE classes that "God made the world", while a third free school in Nottinghamshire is a fresh proposal from a group initially turned down over creationism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 If Darwin was American - I bet things would be different. Yeah... he wouldn't have been smart enough to work it out. US county named 'area of outstanding natural stupidity' We recently promised to name Washington's Kitsap County 'an area of outstanding natural stupidity' (AOONS) if it could reach a critical mass of firearms-related idiocy. More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/13/kitsap_honour/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 The next thing you know some country will not bother registering firearms, allow people to keep assault rifles and the like at home and then they'll wonder why their crime rate is so low but their suicide rate by firearms is so high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 wonder why their crime rate is so low but their suicide rate by firearms is so high You think that people choose to end their own lives because of guns ? It's surely a lot better than messing it up some other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Runner Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Creationist groups win Michael Gove's approval to open free schools God bless the English Tories. Grindon Hall Christian school in Sunderland, a private school due to reopen in September with state funding, says on its website that it will present creationism as science and affirm the position that Christians believe God's creation of the world is "not just a theory but a fact". Ministers have also approved a free school in Sevenoaks, Kent, which declares on its website that it will teach in RE classes that "God made the world", while a third free school in Nottinghamshire is a fresh proposal from a group initially turned down over creationism. Reading the link to the Guardian's article it seems that the creationist beliefs will only be taught to pupils in RE classes. Is that any different to what we have here on the island? Seeing the rubbish taught to my children in RE classes, I dont think there is much difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Quite agree. I asked my kids whether their RE teacher at Balla ever emphasised that the whole religion thing may also be a human invention and a complete nonsense. Their answer didn't surprise me. I brought them up to be atheists and to be proud of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Edit: can't get my link to work so I deleted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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