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School Bus Driver Fired for Stem Cell Talk
Associated Press ^
| 12/2/04
Posted on 12/02/2004 3:56:16 PM PST by reportgirl73
GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) - An elementary school bus driver was fired after sharing a statistic she had read about embryonic stem cell research with students, then encouraging them to tell their parents about it.
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To: visualops
She was NOT teaching, espousing, or otherwise promoting "moral values" or even an opinion. She made a statement of FACT. Oh, well, that makes it okay then. How about when the bus driver says "Say, little Johnny - did you know that some men like to put their pee-pees in another man's bottom?"
After all, that's not an opinion, either - that's a fact. And who can deny that it's a fact? So obviously it's okay for the substitute bus driver to share that with the third-graders, right?
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posted on
12/04/2004 5:53:35 AM PST
by
general_re
("What's plausible to you is unimportant." - D'man)
To: .45MAN; dansangel
I haven't been to Dunkin' Donuts yet. Try me a little later.
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posted on
12/04/2004 6:10:54 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
To: the invisib1e hand
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posted on
12/04/2004 6:18:28 AM PST
by
dansangel
(Thank you Veterans past and present!)
To: Manic_Episode
You prove your arrogance and irrelevance by spouting off on something you know nothing about.
To: Kitty Mittens
A "good man" or "good woman" would not try and push their opinions on a captive audience of children now would they? It shows not a lick of common sense or civility.
Had I been a parent I would have confronted the bus driver about it.
To: editor-surveyor
editor-surveyor:
Heavens, we can't have bus drivers telling kids the truth!!!!Almost makes you think the current state-anointed educators would have shunned Galileo, if he talked truthfully about stem cell research.
Ramming: political and religious discussions should be confined to a classroom setting
But, this is a science discussion. No?
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:06:25 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Who wanted Margaret Hassan murdered? What did she know about the oil-for-food scandal?)
To: pete anderson
The bottom line here is the Bus Driver provided a sex education lesson to Elementary School children without the consent of their parents. "Sex education"???????
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:08:46 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Who wanted Margaret Hassan murdered? What did she know about the oil-for-food scandal?)
To: visualops
She said she only stated facts she considered age-appropriate and didn't share her opinions Well, here's my problem: I don't think there is any way to explain the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells without getting into subjects that I don't think are "age appropriate" for children as young as second grade.
For that reason, I think the bus driver showed very poor judgement. Whether or not she violated school board policy is another question, and it's difficult to tell because the school board is prohibited from releasing all the details on their side.
I agree with the posters who say the discussion was inappropriate for children of that age group, and also if we want freedom of speech to espouse Christian viewpoints to small children, we'll have to grant that same freedom to Muslims, athiests, Wiccans, and whoever else might want to proselytize.
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:10:36 AM PST
by
Amelia
To: general_re
And Galileo (if he were alive today) should not tell the kids that the earth goes around the sun?
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:11:06 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Who wanted Margaret Hassan murdered? What did she know about the oil-for-food scandal?)
To: syriacus
If we hire Marion Barry to drive the bus, should he tell the kids where to buy crack and how to smoke it? Those would be facts also, right?
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:19:19 AM PST
by
general_re
("What's plausible to you is unimportant." - D'man)
To: Amelia
I don't think there is any way to explain the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells By first grade, the kids know the difference between live animals and dead animals, so start there.
Instead of saying
- "stem cells from an adult," vs.
- "stem cells from an embryo,"
just say
- "stems cells from an animal that is allowed to continue to live," and
- "stem cells from an animal that is killed to get the stem cells."
No sex discussion. No political discussion. No moral discussion. No religious discussion. Just the facts.
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:19:52 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Who wanted Margaret Hassan murdered? What did she know about the oil-for-food scandal?)
To: general_re
If we hire Marion Barry to drive the bus, should he tell the kids where to buy crack and how to smoke it? Those would be facts also, right?On a sunny day. can the bus driver say the sky only appears blue?
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:22:38 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Who wanted Margaret Hassan murdered? What did she know about the oil-for-food scandal?)
To: syriacus
How about if the bus driver just keeps his hands on the wheel and his eyes on the road, and leaves the epistemology to others? ;)
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:23:59 AM PST
by
general_re
("What's plausible to you is unimportant." - D'man)
To: editor-surveyor
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:24:16 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: general_re
How about if the bus driver just keeps his hands on the wheel and his eyes on the road, and leaves the epistemology to others? ;) Do you mean "epistemology"? Or "Natural science"?
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:30:15 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Who wanted Margaret Hassan murdered? What did she know about the oil-for-food scandal?)
To: The Mayor
WOW
Forget driving a bus....get your darling wife a secluded desk and a contract with World Net Daily! She should at LEAST blog!!! I want a ping, soon, to her blog. Got it? This lady's got some serious talent.
Excellent article.
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:31:24 AM PST
by
kimmie7
(Imagine how scared the new Pharaohs must be of a King that never dies.)
To: syriacus
If we're discussing whether the sky is really blue, or just appears to be blue, then epistemology seems to be the appropriate discipline. Plenty of unemployed philosophy majors, if that's what we want our bus drivers to be doing ;)
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:31:56 AM PST
by
general_re
("What's plausible to you is unimportant." - D'man)
To: kimmie7
398
posted on
12/04/2004 7:39:40 AM PST
by
The Mayor
(If Jesus lives within us, sin need not overwhelm us.)
To: syriacus
By first grade, the kids know the difference between live animals and dead animals, so start there. Why not just reserve the discussion for older students, or better yet, for adults who actually can actually vote and influence politicians?
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:51:06 AM PST
by
Amelia
To: general_re
If we're discussing whether the sky is really blue, or just appears to be blue, then epistemology seems to be the appropriate disciplineDepends on your frame of reference.
Scientists know the basic principles that make the sky appear blue.
People opt to kid themselves about the current success-rate of embryonic stem cell research. Mother nature is not fooling them. They are fooling themselves.
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:58:16 AM PST
by
syriacus
(Who wanted Margaret Hassan murdered? What did she know about the oil-for-food scandal?)
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