[FFranco]

From the article:

“Faith is not based on science,” Mr. Campbell said. “And science is not based on faith. I don’t expect you to ‘believe’ the scientific explanation of evolution that we’re going to talk about over the next few weeks.” “But I do,” he added, “expect you to understand it.”

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This is a reasonable position. (Which is why some may have a problem with it.)

When I taught history, from time to time a student would declare something like this: "The Egyptians didn't build the pyramids, the flying saucer people must have built them. We couldn't build pyramids like that today with all our modern equipment."

I answered that of course we could. We could build thousands of pyramids if we wanted, but we don't choose to use our resources that way.

If the student insisted on arguing, I told him (or her, but it was usually a him) that if he wanted, he was free to come to my office to discuss it further rather than disrupt the class over his concern. Usually, they didn't show up at my office.

[guitarplayer1953]

How old are the pyramids?

[Balding_Eagle]

This is a reasonable position. (Which is why some may have a problem with it.)

I think the reason most have a problem with it can be found in the first sentence of the last paragragh of the column:

When the bell rang, he knew that he had not convinced Bryce, and perhaps many of the others.

To expect the kids to understand the theory is reasonable, and practical. However, it sounds as though that isn't really what this is all about.