To: CarolinaGuitarman
"How do the *less fit* get shortchanged in education?"
I guess you are not familiar with public education. "*less fit*" are treated as permanent stage of less fit, that class of people that will always be in need of a government program.
"The welfare state goes against the idea of natural selection and *survival of the fittest*. And you still have not provided any examples from education."
Some of the most supposed fittest are the main reapers of the welfare state. Look at how Congress earmarks dollars to donors that fund their elections. Education teaches the method of system think. Evolution does NOT teach a child their uniqueness their individuality much less a Heavenly given right to that individuality, evolution teaches the child they are members of animals at large.
"In other words, no evidence. Why make such fantastical claims when you can't back them up?"
System think response.
To: Just mythoughts
"I guess you are not familiar with public education. "*less fit*" are treated as permanent stage of less fit, that class of people that will always be in need of a government program."
That's not survival of the fittest. If it were, the *less fit* would get NO government assistance. You have it completely backwards.
"Some of the most supposed fittest are the main reapers of the welfare state. Look at how Congress earmarks dollars to donors that fund their elections"
Hate to tell you, but political influence-peddling existed long before anybody ever heard of Darwin. Nor is this an example of *survival of the fittest*.
"Education teaches the method of system think."
Do you mean statism? That has nothing to do with evolution.
"Evolution does NOT teach a child their uniqueness their individuality much less a Heavenly given right to that individuality, evolution teaches the child they are members of animals at large."
Evolution, and biology in general, says that EVERYBODY is unique and an individual. It also says that we have capabilities that no other animal has. Saying we evolved from other life doesn't mean that we are not different from that life. It's not where you come from but where you are that counts. Being descended from other animals does not make us any less human.
"System think response."
No, it was an accurate reply. You STILL have not provided examples of where the education system is run under the guideline of *survival of the fittest*. Instead, you have given examples from politics and the welfare state that don't relate to the education system.
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04/09/2006 5:37:04 AM PDT by
CarolinaGuitarman
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