Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:15:27 -0700 David Starner <dvdeug@...>
writes:
> On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 11:51:40PM -0400, Robert B Wilson wrote:
> > well, at the school i went to, it'd be extremely difficult for
> anyone to
> > get past kindergarten without being able to read...  too bad the
> rest of
> > the country can't figure out that schools should be teaching stuff
> that
> > really matters instead of trying to get kids to believe in
> evolution...
>
> Scientists would consider biology something that really matters, and
> evolution the fundament of that subject. In any case, I hardly see
> how a subject that doesn't seriously come until high school has any
> effect on people learning to read, which is done at an earlier level.
i'm not even going to talk about why evolution is religious rather than
scientific, but i can assure you that quite a few schools begin teaching
it in first grade.

> > i
> > thought the supreme court did the whole judicial legislation
> thingy and
> > made it illegal to promote any religion (or even pray or have
> religious
> > writings in your possession) in a public school...
>
> Actually, no one has said that you can't pray or promote your
> religion or
> have religious writings in school; merely that the school can't do
> so.
that's not what i've heard... i've talked to people who have had their
bibles confiscated and been suspended for praying...

> David Starner - dvdeug@email.ro
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