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To: xzins

I have been quite impressed with the quality of Catholic school students and home school students. I think it is significant the number of home school students who perform highly at spelling bees and geography bees.

I still believe that contrary to assertions in this discussion that many private schools encourage an understanding of evolution and various explanations of nature's order. In my experience in teaching, I have not noticed Catholic students to be less receptive or less interested in science.


2,396 posted on 12/22/2005 9:03:18 PM PST by lonestar67
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To: lonestar67
In my experience in teaching, I have not noticed Catholic students to be less receptive or less interested in science.

You haven't noticed it because it doesn't exist. There is a group here at FR who offer the argument that believing in creation is somehow a detriment to ones abilty to learn science. It is nonsense of course but they argue it nonetheless.

2,401 posted on 12/22/2005 9:12:38 PM PST by jwalsh07
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That's my experience, too. The religious/home school kids get all the knowledge about evolution so they know what it's all about. They also need it for standardized testing. Some states, I think, include it on their standardized tests. (Unfairly, I think, if the questions are worded in a "loaded" way.)

Thank you for being a teacher.


2,402 posted on 12/22/2005 9:12:58 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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