Posted on 03/23/2007 9:43:21 AM PDT by zook
LONGMONT — Humans don’t cause global warming, a jury of sixth graders at Trail Ridge Middle School concluded Thursday after hearing opposing arguments from their peers.
“They’re pretty young for this kind of thinking. They did great,” paleontology teacher Ken Poppe said after the 40-minute “trial” in his classroom
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Ken Poppe said he let students choose which side of the debate to argue. Poppe personally believes global warming is cyclical and not affected by humans, while his Colorado State University student aide David Richards believes the opposite. Both, however, said they presented both sides equally to the students leading up to Thursday’s debate.
“What I think is not the issue. It’s what the students dig up and how they present the case,” Poppe said.
Only one parent questioned Poppe’s decision to hold a global warming debate. That mother expected him to present Al Gore’s global warming movie “An Inconvenient Truth” as indisputable facts, Poppe said. After he explained his neutrality in the classroom, the mom allowed her child to participate in the debate, he said.
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Out of the mouths of babe's.
Al Gore will, of course, feel the need to issue a rebuttal.
Goes to show the limitations of pipsqueak professors/students from universities. They cannot infiltrate every young kids mind - sometimes people CAN think for themselves.
Chew on this Algore!
His rebuttal? "Na na na na naaaa. You guys are doodie heads!!!"
According to Sharia Law, Al Gore must now be stoned.
These types of teachers bestow honor upon the profession. I promote discussions and debates of the sort with my students as well. Most come to pro-liberal conclusions, but one such discussion over the merits of the war in Iraq showed promise when all of my students could identify WHY we were there (to ensure that catastrophes like 9/11 never happen again).
Al Gore has always been stoned.
Unfortunately, that is the route 98% of the classrooms will take.
my thots too...
8^)
LOL! AlGore is less intelligent than a publicly schooled 6th Grader.
MANBEARPIG is REAL
Global warming is such a cheap scam that even children can see through it.
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It appears the Northwest Passage was open until about 1400 and the onset of the Little Ice Age. We're still far from the reopening of the Northwest Passage and may not get there. That settles the global warming issue as far as I am concerned.
SKREEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Pods needed for entire sixth grade class!!
Aren't we smarter than a 6th grader?
Apparently Al Gore isn't!
Admit it Al... "you are not smarter tnan a 6th grader"
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