Posted on October 1, 2008 at 1:36 pm by Mike Petrilli
Is Sarah Palin channeling Fordham?
Last night: “Science should be taught in science class.”—Sarah Palin
August 2005: “Science class is for science”—The Education Gadfly
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October 1st, 2008 at 7:35 pm
For the last five years of my full-time career, with the full knowledge (and dismay) of state and county school officials as well as the ACLU I demonstrated to my students that mathematics proves beyond the shadow of doubt that evolutionism is nonsense. The students saw that the evidence clearly shows that every item associated with humans, animals and plants are Intelligent Designs and Intelligent Design is science. I always let the students figure it out for themselves and allowed them to believe what they chose, but at least they were exposed to the scientific facts that extremists want to censor from the minds of public school students.
Evolutionists are bluffing when they say their beliefs are scientific. Be sure to look at the list of evolutionists who refuse the debate challenge from Dr. Joseph Mastropaolo. See the list at http://www.lifescienceprize.org/
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:14 am
Evolution is the foundation of modern biology. A clear understanding of evolution is essential to understanding genetics, biochemistry and other fields that will continue to drastically alter not only our understanding of life, but the quality of life for human beings. American students are already having trouble competing internationally in the fields of physics, mathematics, engineering, computer science. Google and other companies have called for changes in America’s visa laws, because they can’t find enough qualified Americans to fill positions, while at the same time calling for the American education system to bulk up its science and math teaching.
One science area where Americans still have an edge is in biology, which is why our medical schools and associated health care system are the best in the world. However, we have lost ground in critical research areas (Stem-cell research, to name one) in recent years in large part thanks to this distracting re-surgence of the creationism debate (re-packed as Intelligent Design) and the associated poor understanding of evolution, genetics and cellular biology by many Americans. If we allow teachers like this one to stay in our schools, the emerging worldview of Americans as a religious fundamentalist society with a backward understanding of modern science and technology will continue to grow. And they will be right.
It’s too bad we don’t have a professional structure in America where this teacher could be immediately fired by his principal of county/state officials for openly violating his duty to teach the state standards.