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Just because the origin of life was taught in conjunction with evolution in biology class doesn't mean that the former is a part of the latter.

They were certainly presented close enough that in my uneducated mind, the two were definitely connected.

(I'm not that dang old! :-)

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Alas, this is still true today in some cases.

Agreed. Children are impressionable and are, after all, in school to learn. Perhaps a class called The Origins of Life and other Philosophies might be the answer.

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If the research of abiogenesis makes progress and we have more conclusive data about how life might have arisen naturally then this is going to be taught in science class and theology or philosophy classes aren't going to change that and any criticism thereof has to come from the scientific corner and not the theological or philosophical field.

And there's the sticker.

Science proclaims that the evolutionary origin of life theory is scientifically 'true', yet hold itself only to its OWN standard of proof.

It becomes an elaborate game of 'Because I say so'.

Science cannot *prove* life began as an accident any more than a creationist can *prove* it was on purpose.

It's a stalemate.

I have to contradict you here because this is not really an ipse dixit game.
As I said in a previous post (and Dimensio as well) science deals with evidence. Because the origin of life took place such a long time ago and left so few traces it is very hard to reconstruct the exact OOL event.
A common claim by creationists is that the OOL couldn't have happened naturally, so all scientists have to do to counter this claim is to show a possible pathway of how life could have started (this doesn't have to be the actual process).

So no matter what creationists claim, if we have more conclusive data on abiogenesis all that will be presented in science class will be how life could have originated and not that it must have occurred that way.

The problem with creationism/ID on the other hand is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable. The creator of CRE/ID isn't constrained in any way whereas naturalistic processes are.