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To: The_Victor

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.


152 posted on 02/20/2006 9:30:51 AM PST by furball4paws (Awful Offal)
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To: furball4paws

Low expectations (both of the school system and it's students) are poison to our civilization.


178 posted on 02/20/2006 10:02:12 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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