From: Jay Willingham (jaywillingham@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 19:06:21 EST
I agree high school texts have been dumbed down because those who write them
are dumb.
I recently saw a science textbook written in NJ for Florida high school
students. It referred to a cypress tree as a mangrove.
The quotes you provided from TFM.ORG were the long of it when I visited
their site, so I emailed them and asked for some facts.
Try http://www.tppf.org/ . They at least provide actual textbook passages
and reviews. Thus far I have reviewed some of the social studies/history
references and find TFM's positions to be misleading.
TPPF provides stimulating reading and debate where TFM provides only scant
summaries. Am I wrong?
Can you find any science text reviews by either TPPF or TFM?
Jay Willingham, Esquire
Central Florida
----- Original Message -----
From: "John W Burgeson" <burgytwo@juno.com>
To: <jaywillingham@cfl.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: Religious Right in Texas
> >>I would like to read the exact passages before and after the changes to
> see
> what your problems are. Do you have these>>
>
> I suspect they are available on the web. Perhaps the TFN.ORG website
> might have a reference.
>
> >>I am very glad changes are being made because my reviews of history and
> science texts offered to my sons' schools by the major publishers
> revealed
> atheistic, anti-American and anti-Christian tendancies.>>
>
> Really? I hold no brief for textbook publishers who develop books for
> high school and under -- the texts I've seen (dating back to when I was
> in High School) always seemed to have been "dumbed down."
>
> The changes I mentioned seem to be the same thing.
>
> John Burgeson (Burgy)
>
> http://www.burgy.50megs.com
> (an eclectic web site about science/theology, quantum mechanics,
> ethics, baseball, humor, cars, philosophy, etc.)
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