Creationism battle
The state American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Dover Area School District to stop the district from teaching an alternative theory of evolution that many say is just another form of creationism.The lawsuit stems from the Dover Area School Board’s decision to mandate the teacher of an alternative theory to evolution. The theory, called intelligent design, holds that the complexity of the universe suggests creation by a divine being rather than through evolution.
Go American Civil Liberties Union. Link to full article. Look at the poll on the site that story is on:
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Is American opinion and culture crowding out all others?
I hesitate at the inverted commas “Should students be required to learn..” about how the world came into being. Should primary and secondary students “be required” to learn anything? If your answer is “yes”, then how do you work out what those requirements are? I’ve taught mainly English, a bit of agriculture, and short dollops of African history and (eech, yes you gasping atheists out there) brief spells of RE when asked to do so, in government and private schools in Africa. These courses were approved by parents of pupils concerned. My view is that parents are the primary educators - or mis-educators as the case may be - and they should be consulted about what educational authorities think is good for the kids. The Four Rs seem to be a reliable core for any curriculum that is presented in the age range 4-18. The idea that ACLU or any other civil liberties group thinks children should be forbidden to learn about the Genesis creation myth at public school seems to be turning the concept of liberty on its head. - Garreth, teaching English in China
Comment by garreth byrne — December 30, 2004 @ 3:25 am