[Prodigal Son]

It can also be applied to how the very same protons and quarks

This is not how I learned evolution in school. What I learned in school never talked about the creation of the universe or galaxies or planetary systems. It confined itself to dealing with how life- as we experience it here on Earth- arose on this particular planet. I never recall Darwin making mention of how it all inevitably started. Maybe I was asleep in class that day?

[RightWhale]

They don't teach things well in school. Most depends on the teacher, and if the teacher doesn't get it, the students won't learn it, from that teacher anyway. A person could go outside and do some independent reading, Julian Huxley, Teilhard de Chardin, but it won't be spoonfed and the student is out there with the big boys where you have to decide for yourself. Don't worry about Marx, he had something to say about everything and was a blowhard on top of it all. None of his stuff is in favor anymore.