tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post112383445711275243..comments2023-10-23T09:26:24.969-10:00Comments on The Questionable Authority®: Kansas BOE wants to lie to students - Part ITQAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510784510555073197noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1124215346054065552005-08-16T08:02:00.000-10:002005-08-16T08:02:00.000-10:00Just wanted to thank everybody for the advice abou...Just wanted to thank everybody for the advice about dealing with creationist students. I basically prefaced the discussion by saying that students could believe what they wished to believe, but we were just focusing exclusively on what historians and researchers have discovered and have said about the evidence. I spoke to the biology and physical science teacher for some deeper understanding and Boston Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144209279818344698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1123985336147374572005-08-13T16:08:00.000-10:002005-08-13T16:08:00.000-10:00Joe Visionary is right - and if he looks around fu...Joe Visionary is right - and if he looks around further, I suspect he'd find the exact same pattern in Bushevik approaches to abortion & contraception, global warming, gays, depletion of natural resources, and numerous other topics.<BR/>Boston Dreamer's quandary (three young-earthers? in Boston?!?) seems beyond any one "resource", though the National Center for Science Education (http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1123950378613433782005-08-13T06:26:00.000-10:002005-08-13T06:26:00.000-10:00A little more for boston dreamer . . .Just in case...A little more for boston dreamer . . .<BR/>Just in case: <A HREF="http://www.talkorigins.org" REL="nofollow">Talk.origins</A> is a major online resource for this issue.<BR/><BR/>In a '96 piece in Freethought Today, John Koonz <A HREF="http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/1996/sept96/koonz.html" REL="nofollow">says</A> <BR/>"It is possible to avoid much conflict with creationist students and parents by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1123949646639391312005-08-13T06:14:00.000-10:002005-08-13T06:14:00.000-10:00Boston dreamer - I just got certified (elementary/...Boston dreamer - <BR/><BR/>I just got certified (elementary/middle), and have rather limited classroom experience, but for what it's worth:<BR/><BR/>The PBS Evolution website has a <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/course/session8/elaborate_c_pop1.html" REL="nofollow">page</A> about minimizing conflict when teaching evolution<BR/><BR/>Depending where you are, there may be a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1123884171073568412005-08-12T12:02:00.000-10:002005-08-12T12:02:00.000-10:00Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (on PBS) is coverin...Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (on PBS) is covering this story this week -- go see: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week841/cover.htmlEd Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1123876293779437482005-08-12T09:51:00.000-10:002005-08-12T09:51:00.000-10:00I wonder; will there be a new Scopes trial, this t...I wonder; will there be a new Scopes trial, this time in Kansas, involving a teacher that refuses to adhere to or manipulates the standards to show how stupid they are?<BR/>As an aside, I teach history at a rural high school, and am about to start the Origins of Man and Early Civilization from a historical perspective. And, lucky me, I have 3 vocal young earthers in my class questioning the Boston Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144209279818344698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1123871028230844572005-08-12T08:23:00.000-10:002005-08-12T08:23:00.000-10:00I have been blogging sites that discuss America's ...I have been blogging sites that discuss America's involvement in Iraq, and in a strikingly similar manner, it seems that the Conservative/Republican 'thinktanks' play very fast and loose with conventional truths. They're quite prepared to reinvent it.<BR/><BR/>Your investigation seems to suggest the same.<BR/><BR/>JoeJoe Visionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03036185687122768326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1123869594403527472005-08-12T07:59:00.000-10:002005-08-12T07:59:00.000-10:00Excellent analysis. I look forward to your future...Excellent analysis. I look forward to your future posts concerning these changes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com