ladyliberal
Progressive Princess
- Aug 5, 2011
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It's a shame that left wingers don't even understand what Louisiana is doing or maybe the blind bigotry and hatred sparked by left wing sites like Huffington influences their opinion. States have the legal responsibility to use taxpayer money to educate children. The dirty little secret is that radical lefties are afraid of freedom and information is the left's greatest enemy. Does anyone really believe that Louisiana kids will be mentally impaired by an alternate discussion of creationism? Think about it lefties. Will the entire shrimping industry fail if Louisiana kids get an education that includes the option to believe Christian values? Check your bigotry at the door.
Yes, I believe that the curriculum described in the link will mentally impair students. There are good curricula and bad curricula, just as there are good teachers and bad teachers. A student learns more (true things) from a good curriculum than a bad one. A life science curriculum that teaches "Dinosaurs and humans were definitely on the earth at the same time" or a history curriculum that says that "The majority of [American] slave holders treated their slaves well" is a bad curriculum.
"Freedom" doesn't mean that teachers should teach kids whatever they want. The duty to instill critical thinking skills is in no way license to praise Nazism or to teach that 2+2 can be five. And I don't accept that "will this cause the entire shrimping industry to fail?" should be the sole criterion by which Louisiana's system is judged.
And for the record, I do not believe for a minute that most Christians actually believe anything like many of the assertions contained in the link.