Or in a religion class: "Does this mean I'll get an F if I don't answer the religion questions correctly?"
Teacher: "Of course, that's how it works for all tests."
Student: "But I don't believe in that religion."
Teacher: "It doesn't matter, you just have to know the subject, not believe. It has no bearing on your personal beliefs."
Of course it depends on the teacher, as you have bad ones on both sides of the issue who try to change the beliefs of the students. When I took a course in Islam in college, it was definitely understood that we were dispassionately studying a subject, not being proselytized.
Parents need to understand the school choices they make will lead them to one form of preaching or another.
The point of my argument is the PA ruling FINALLY draws the line: Darwinism will be taught in Public Schools.
I never believed it was wise to force Public Schools to teach creationism. There are other schools for that.
What I hope this ruling will do is to WAKE UP parents that a Public School education now has some guarantees.