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Related: About this forum10 Interesting Lessons from Creationist-Inspired School Books
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Independent Lens Blog
Posted on January 25, 2013
by Maria Goodavage
While some of the more traditional fundamentalist teachings have been limited to Christian schools and homeschooling curriculum, this kind of curriculum is no longer the sole purview of private funding. Many Bible-based Christian schools accept government-issued tuition vouchers for public school students. And some public school districts are teaching creationism alongside evolution. In both cases, tax dollars are at work.
Does this kind of teaching have an effect on students? For better or worse depending on your viewpoint it sure does. Heres a comment one woman left after an article on a book called Science 4 Christian Schools, published by Bob Jones University Press.
I spent grades 1 to 7 in a small Christian school and our textbooks were quite similar I cant remember the publishers we had, but honestly, this might have been one of them (I was born in 90). In 6th grade we were taught that the earth is definitely only 8,000 years old because carbon dating is unreliable and just more guesswork. Out of all of my former classmates, I am one of maybe two or three that no longer buys into this
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/10-interesting-lessons-from-creationist-inspired-school-books
This should be interesting.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Along with the characterizations that often accompany this type of thinking. As "electra" (the first to respond in the Discussion section) observed:
"...for a long time I thought that liberals were immoral, lazy freeloaders."
EDIT: ...punctuation...
dimbear
(6,271 posts)no circumstances will they accept atheists (also lunatics.!) You must be able to profess your faith in Jesus Christ to be a member. So many barriers to us. Couldn't join Hitler's SS either. Only recently has the KKK included Catholics since the broadening reforms under David Duke.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)We watched a documentary the other night called "What Would Jesus Buy". It was pretty funny and worth the watch.
Anyway, I don't know why I brought that up, except that I really like documentaries about religion.
My favorite from the article - "The KKK? They were/are actually pretty nice guys." Holy molly, there is some unbelievably stupid stuff in there.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Along with FRONTLINE, the Documentary Channel, etc. .
I enjoy a mindless, escape-from-reality type show as much as the next person. There's just waaaaay too much of it on the tube, and much of it is junk.
Just my opinion, of course.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)We get neither satellite nor cable, but we do get TV over the air. That works great, because that's pretty much all we would watch anyway, but the added advantage is that we get 12 PBS stations at any given time.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)I would also add some cable/satellite shows like How it's Made, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, etc. . We have used triple-D to find cool little spots to eat at on our travels, and my wife is pretty much addicted to Warehouse 13, as I was to Arrested Development.
The Documentary Channel is one you would likely enjoy if you were on satellite. Lots of good documentaries on a whole spectrum of themes, often with lighter subjects.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)Effing surreal.
longship
(40,416 posts)Pretty much say it should be Bobby "I am just as stupid as I say the rest of the GOP, maybe more" Jindal.
God help us from your followers! (So to speak.)
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Jindal has done and said many objectionable things, but he is catholic, an expert on healthcare issues and a rhodes scholar. I would find it hard to believe that he would promote this kind of thing.
Unless you mean that he indirectly did it by signing the charter school/voucher law (which actually came from the legislature, I believe).
Phillip McCleod
(1,837 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)More than ever. Yipes, this stuff makes me want to weep.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)It should be illegal to deliberately teach anything that runs counter to scientific concensus. It's child abuse.
bluestater1966fgs
(21 posts)I mean, it's the 21 century! And the US is supposed to be #1, right? Hopefully this creationist nonsense fades away in the next few years.