I have to say that when I went to school -- albeit in the dark ages -- I
recall no reference to any of these things at that time either. By the
same token, I became aware of them from numerous other sources. I also
was not exposed to sexuality in the 5th grad either. That too came from
other sources.
Either way someone gets to be in control and pushes his/her agenda via
the school system. Just because something is true does not mean that
absolutely must be taught in the schools. especially if not everybody
agrees on what is true and what is not.
I'm sure that I'll get a lot of flack about this but I see flagrant
atheism, liberalism $ humanism taught in many public schools in my
state. Teachers have openly said to my daughter that if she doesn't like
it then send her children to a private school. If people fight back by
denying others the tools, I do not blame them.
Keith B Miller wrote:
>
> >Allen wrote:
> >
> >This is one of the falsehoods that was spread by many, including the
> >media. There never was an attempt to ban evolution in Kansas. Few
> >people have ever looked for themselves at the actual wording of the
> >state school board action. To be sure, Evolution was downplayed and
> >concepts critical of evolution were to be allowed. But the wholesale
> >banning of Evolution from the schools is pure fabrication.
>
> What really happened is that all references to descent with modification of
> all living things from common ancestors was removed from the standards. In
> addition, references to the age of the Earth, Big Bang cosmology, and
> environmental issues were also removed. In other words, all references to
> the conclusions of historical science were removed.
>
> The standards do not mandate what is taught in the classroom, and decisions
> about curriculum content and textbooks are made at the local level.
> However, the standards determine what appears on the state assessment
> examinations. Performance on these tests are used to evaluate the
> effectiveness of teaching. Thus, topics not included on the standards are
> unlikely to be taught, or at least unlikely to be emphasized, in the
> curriculum.
>
> Keith
>
> Keith B. Miller
> Department of Geology
> Kansas State University
> Manhattan, KS 66506
> kbmill@ksu.edu
> http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
-- =================================== Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com> In any consistent theory, there must exist true but not provable statements. (Godel's Theorem)You can only find the truth with logic If you have already found the truth without it. (G.K. Chesterton) ===================================
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