Re: [asa] Teenagers and Evolution

Deborah,

Even if the text books are not biased the teachers can make snide off
the cuff remarks that undermine students beliefs. The solution that
worked with our children was that they had been prepared to think
critically in elementary school. My daughter came home in grade 9
(public) and said that the teacher in health class had been talking
about methods of birth control. Further more, my daughter said that
although various methods were presented, the one the teacher thought
best was abortion. When asked why, my daughter responded (in essence)
that it was not so much the content as that abortion was the only method
presented in a positive way. From there on I did not worry much about
what the teachers could say. A large part of the credit for the ability
to think critically was the fact that in Christian elementary school she
attended they were taught to look at things that way. For example I did
not like that they studied Catcher in the Rye in grade 8 but I
completely approved and supported it when I could see the kinds of
questions the teacher asked about the assumptions (world view) being
made in the book. Many Christian run schools I would not consider and
it was a huge financial drain, however in our case it seemed to work.

Dave

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Received on Mon Jan 15 09:39:49 2007