[Ichneumon]

[want high school students to understand ``how genetic variation of offspring contributes to population control in an environment and that natural selection ensures that those who are best adapted to their surroundings survive.'']

Wonderful. Make sure every student can parrot that sentence, and hand him his diploma. Yea for government education!

Read more carefully -- it specifies that they learn the *HOW* part.

Nor does it specify that that's *all* you need to learn in order to earn a diploma.

Get a grip.

[Tax-chick]

Get a sense of humor. They put them on markdown at Wal-mart sometimes.