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At 5:51 PM -0800 2/10/11, Chuck Howarth wrote:
>Teaching evolution is controversial.  You have to hand it to the 
>creationists, they have done a good job of creating an atmosphere of 
>intimidation.   But shouldn't NOT teaching of evolution also be 
>controversial?  What would happen if we all walked down to our local 
>schools, pounded on the principals' desk, and demanded that 
>evolution be included in the curriculum?    Just wondering....

Chuck,
I agree that creationists have done a great job.  When my son took 
biology in high school, I went to parent night at the beginning of 
the year. The teacher handed out a syllabus and I saw that there was 
no evolution listed, so, in front of the other parents, I asked him 
why it was not there. He blushed a deep red and stammered that he 
would be teaching it but had "left it on my computer at home." I got 
the impression he had meant to conceal the fact that it would be 
covered at all. And this was in liberal Santa Cruz, CA.

In order to do what you are suggesting, people would need to know 
what was being taught in which biology classes; maybe we need an 
EvoLeaks.

Jennie Dusheck

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