It’s not entirely accurate to day that Abeka and BJU and others *dismiss* evolution. They do address it. They just don’t arrive at the kinds of conclusions some people like.
They’re entitled to their opinion that the books are wrong, but it makes no sense to make an issue of it like this that requires a AP article on it.
What do they think they’re going to accomplish?
Buyer beware. You should ALWAYS check out curriculum you buy before purchasing it.
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And so what? Evolution is a ‘theory’ - far, far from being proven science!
Go ahead and flame - I’m ready!
Ahh the beauty of homeschooling... if you do not like how a text addresses a particular topic you can use a different one.
“I thought she was going to have a coronary,”
Same thing occurs to little mush-heads when you inform them that global warming is a hoax.
Well, it’s a good thing we have precedent with governments at all levels interfering in families and personal decisions. I won’t be happy to see even more restrictions placed on homeschooling as I think the government school system should be abolished. But a government that is big enough and powerful enough to do unto the people you don’t like will get to you some day.
Boo frickin' hoo. If I only allowed my children to read books or watch movies that agreed with our worldview, I'd lose out on the majority of teaching aids!
Why not instruct them to read the book/watch the movie, then take a few minutes to talk abut the offending bit and explain why we disagree? Isn't that what homeschooling's all about, more interaction with your children? Geez...
Heaven help him if he takes the blinders off of his fellow students!
With as much fraud and debunked hypotheses as exists in evolution, the entire thing would have been trashed years ago had it been any other discipline in science.
Well maybe not, seeing how science has been corrupted by ideological agendas over the years.
We have an extensive section on evolution science on our Christian site:
www.faithfacts.org
"We're not religious home-schoolers, and there's somewhat of a feeling of being outnumbered," said Perry, who has home-schooled three of her four children after removing her oldest child from a public school because of a health condition.
Perry said she cobbled together her own curriculum after some mainstream publishers told her they would not sell directly to home-schooling parents.
Wendy Womack, another Lexington home-school mother, said the only scientifically credible curriculum she's found is from the Maryland-based Calvert School, which has been selling study-at-home materials for more than 100 years.
It's not Christian publishers fault that there's no curriculum out there. The parents need to complain to the secular publishers who refuse to sell to homeschoolers.
THAT'S who their beef should be with.
Now, if you want to remain ignorant about the immense research and study that has been done that points to Intelligent Design, you are FREE to do so.
Hit piece on homeschooling; give it a pass.
“Susan Mule” doesn’t sound like much of a homeschooling mom to me — the ones I know are very discriminating in the purchase of curriculum to begin with, and teach their children to interact with the information, not just accept it. FAKE STORY!!!!!
Theory of evolution is giant leap of faith. There is no basis in fact to Darwinian evolution. If the supporters of evolution cannot prove something, they make it up. If parents of home schoolers don’t like the text books they use, there is a simple solution: send their kids to public schools so they can learn the crap they teach.
I agree that some popular homeschool texts go too far to integrate Christianity and academics. Yes, we do study religion and incorporate it into our daily routine, but I do not agree that everyone has the same doctrine/beliefs. This is why I search out secular texts as much as possible.
There are many homeschoolers who do not want any religion in their curriculum and for whatever reason still choose the textbooks that are incorporating religion. They should be purchasing curricula knowing what they have ~ not wearing blinders.
Apologia is a good program. It does not teach lies to children. What it is, is an integrated curriculum. If you are not Christian, or if you adhere to Darwinsism, and you use this program, then by all means supplement. As a teacher, I have no qualms supplementing where I see a need for it. There is nothing written that says, “You shall only teach what is in the book.” Teachers in schools supplement all the time. Homeschoolers do it too. What that means to me is that while I may like the program on the whole, I need to find material on Darwinism somewhere else in order to expose my children to the theory. I am not necessarily going to purchase a completely different curriculum because it does not adequately address Darwin.
I wonder why anyone would complain what parents decide to teach their kids in a home schooling environment? (...and I’m not a creationist)
What a biased sack of garbage. Our textbooks teach evolution and we use a Christian publisher. We also have lots of mainstream science text that the kids explore. They know the TOE very well, warts and all.