From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
Date: Wed Nov 13 2002 - 10:34:30 EST
>>I agree high school texts have been dumbed down because those who write
them are dumb.>>
Somehow that seems like a claim that would be difficult to provide
grounds for. "Ignorant," or "uninformed" or even "incompetent" might
better fit SOME of them perhaps. I would guess that textbook writers are
just like the rest of us -- doing the best job they know how under a
plethora of conflicting requirements.
"I recently saw a science textbook written in NJ for Florida high school
students. It referred to a cypress tree as a mangrove."
Hmm. Although I lived in Florida twice, Tallahassee/Panama City in the
50s and Delray Beach in the 70s, I must confess I don't know the
difference. I guess I might have made the same error if I were writing
(if the difference was not particularly pertinent to the subject matter).
...
>>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.>>
Thanks for the site reference. I will look at it. Which of TFN's
statements do you think is misleading?
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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