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To: w molloy who wrote (548)	9/15/1999 6:33:00 PM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

wmolloy, look no question we are not challenging critical thinking in our high schoolers and are often feeding them oatmeal. My point is that the only commonly agreed upon point about evolution is that it is a controversial especially the issue of evolution V. creation So how are you supposed to teach a controversial subject? Well you teach all sides and you let the audience decide Don't you think that is how it should be? Here is just one small site that illustrates vividly how controversial this matter is: home.wxs.nl So my point: let's teach all this to kids; the earlier the better, because this is going to require a lot of time to study it back much later TA you said Message #548 from w molloy at Sep 15 1999 6:08PM Tunica you wrote I am not aware that Darwin's theory is being tested in the classroom. I do not think this is emphasized enough , because millions of children leave schools convinced beyond any doubt that we are grandchildren of apes , An observation - 1. Evolutionary theory per se is badly taught at the high school level. One can hardly teach the cons if the pros aren't understood. 2. Testing in the classroom? You are joking, right? Would you ask a 12 year old about TA of QCOM charts? Do you accept my point is that the theory IS being tested - something you said wasn't being done. Additional OT observations 2. The teaching of critical thinking in the US, quite frankly stinks. 3. The standard of primary and secondary school teaching in the US also stinks. We are not the grandchildren of apes - we are apes. How do you explain the 99.9% similarity we have with Bonobo Chimps? w.