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To: Coyoteman

“And combat pay for having to deal with fundamentalists who think religious belief trumps scientific evidence.”

yup all those religious homeschoolers are ruining this country. The nerve of them to think they can actually try to teach their kids! We should force their kids to go to public school so that we can ridicule them if they dare to question Darwin (or any other politically correct theory, such as global warming).


36 posted on 01/20/2009 8:57:27 PM PST by ari-freedom (Hail to the Dork!)
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To: ari-freedom

Then there is the simple fact that most high school kids in biology haven’t the slightest interest in the scientific evidence. They just want to know what the teacher intends to put on the test so they can pass.


41 posted on 01/20/2009 9:03:25 PM PST by RobbyS (ECCE homo)
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To: ari-freedom
yup all those religious homeschoolers are ruining this country. The nerve of them to think they can actually try to teach their kids! We should force their kids to go to public school so that we can ridicule them if they dare to question Darwin (or any other politically correct theory, such as global warming).

Google "Balkanization" and see what that is, and what that would do to this country.

Its sounds nice to have everyone marching to a different drummer, but its a hell of a poor way to organize a parade...

This country does not need thousands of enclaves, each teaching their own dogma and opposing all others. But that is exactly what you are advocating.

And you know where it all started going downhill? When the draft was canceled. Prior to that young folks from all over the country were taken out of their home environments and given a basic education in US history and values, and shown a bit of the world for contrast.

And the Balkanization you are advocating will make a bad situation much worse. You should think it over and see if that's really what you want.

50 posted on 01/20/2009 9:31:31 PM PST by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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To: ari-freedom
yup all those religious homeschoolers are ruining this country. The nerve of them to think they can actually try to teach their kids!

Yeah, us ignerint nikkle draggers are producing physics majors with SAT scores of 1530, and computer science majors with ACT scores of 30, and one more on the burner who's not done with her testing but is already outperforming her brother and sister academically. And that from creationist parents who are a meteorologist and engineer.

Not to mention the number of homeschoolers I know with similar education backgrounds and the ones with PhD's who teach at the local SUNY colleges.

80 posted on 01/21/2009 4:50:20 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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