Well stated!
You thin k the state of Math/Science education in this country is well and good?
Spending time debunking something when most students will graduate without understanding what a cell is is clearly a waste.
I read a few years ago where about 40% of the kids in high school couldn't find the Pacific Ocean on a map! (I kid you not - it was a Wall Street Journal editorial). And you expect rational discourse and debate in a science subject? At the high school level the best you can do is give kids a knowledge base on which to further build. Asking more than that is unrealistic, given our schools, and would only serve to further confuse.