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Honestly I attended public schools for most of my youth, and we never learned creationism there. As for the Creation story as told in Genesis, all the religious scholoars I have talked to personally believe that it is a parable and not literal fact...of course they were jesuits. [ 01-22-2003, 10:37 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ] |
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01-22-2003, 10:41 AM | #23 | |
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Honestly I attended public schools for most of my youth, and we never learned creationism there. As for the Creation story as told in Genesis, all the religious scholoars I have talked to personally believe that it is a parable and not literal fact...of course they were jesuits.[/QUOTE]Says who? The misguided people that push for it every few years. Just like the misguided liberals the push for silliness like no scores in a competitive sport or dumbing down of other course material. I made the comment a broad one to get you to check the size of the brush you are using to paint liberals with. We all do not believe in the things you mentioned, just like you do not support teaching creationism in schools.
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01-22-2003, 10:58 AM | #29 | |
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Vasqez I didn't have time to do this yesterday, but I think I'll put in a plug for today's students, noting the following:
- if their grades aren't great they're screwed - both getting in college and coming out - High School education means absolutely nothing anymore. - College degree is barely worth the paper it's printed on 'cause everybody has one - Unless it's an ASTOUNDING college, where only 5% of those clawing to get in actually get accepted - And, you won't get into that college without a 1400+ SAT, which you must start taking as a 10th grader these days - And don't forget that without "diversity" you are nothing - so you better play sport and be an officer in a few clubs as well 'cause grades alone ain't gonna do it - And if mommy and daddy can't help out w/ trips to practice and letter jackets and college-prep courses and SAT-prep course your hurdle is 3X higher - and AP classes are still tough, but nowadays you take the AP exam and the college you choose doesn't give you class credit for it but rather simply bumps you into a higher/ more difficult class so your reward is simply more work I myself love to spit upon the slacker generation. But, as time has marched on every generation of Americans (and I would think all first world folks) have had more demanded of them faster and better than the generation before. That trend still continues, and applies to school and work, most likely. Plus, in America we have the added bonus of being the first generation (my generation, Gen13, just younger than GenX, also called GenY, or Gen Why?) in history to make less money than our parents did (Boomers, for me). As to getting out of school knowing more, I will say one thing. The greatest accomplishment of my generation was that we discovered it is NOT important to know the specifics - such as the text of the Gettysburg Address - so long as you can *find* the information in 5 seconds. |
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