“Creationists should be aware that their educational choice may later compromise their kids’ chances to choose careers associated with biomedical research, for example”
Who gave you the idea that creationists don’t teach their children the mechanics of evolution? My children know what evolution is and how is supposed to work. And what jobs would that be, by the way?
1. Following the discussion on FR give me some insight into the YE (Young Earth) creationists minds. With all respect to you, there is a lot of ignorance. Evolutionism is not a single theory within a single discipline. It's a nexus of material evidence derived from biology, physics (radioisotope dating), mathematics (probability and statistics), paleontology, genetics, and probably some more disciplines. These disciplines provide inputs that fit the theory of evolution and complement/corroborate each other. I have NOT seen any creationist discussing such facts in an exhaustive, non-ideological fashion, so I think I can accurately extrapolate the observed level of knowledge to the likely level of education provided to their kids.
2. For example, not understanding the mechanism of evolution (understanding, btw. usually means accepting, because the theory makes sense) makes it difficult to understand the mechanism of emergence of drug resistance, and to propose strategies for combating it. I can claim some expertise with respect to this, because I contribute to several such projects (one as a collaborator, some more as the project leader). I would NEVER hire anyone spewing the kind of nonsense that can be found on some creationist web pages. Not because I am mean, or because I want to promote atheism, but because the said nonsense is the evidence of unacceptable ignorance.