You know what I don't understand? I don't understand why state boards of education and elected officials insist on trying to inject their personal religious beliefs into public school science classes. Tonight's articles are from the State of Texas, but this type of thing happens on a regular basis all across America.
Texas School Board To Push For "Intelligent Design"?
Texas In A "Spiritual Battle" In Science Class?
I just don't understand this on many different levels, folks. First, these are public schools. It has been the law of the land for many years that religion is not to be taught in public schools. Public taxes are not to be used for religious indoctrination. If you want to teach your child about your religion, I have no issue with that. Just please do so in the house of worship of your choice, in a religious school, or a combination thereof. However, it has no place in a publicly funded school.
Another thing that bothers me is the amount of time, money, and resources that are utilized by the religious right to try to interject their views into public education. American children continue to lag behind children in other industrialized nations in math and science scores. Major corporation and health care providers have to recruit outside the US to find competent engineers, mathematicians, scientists, and physicians. American children don't even know the history (the true history, mind you, not the Sarah Palin version) of our country, and, yet untold millions of dollars are spent trying to convert science teachers into Christian messengers. Am I the only one that sees the connection between these things? Perhaps if we actually taught our children math and real science (not "intelligent design"), we wouldn't be importing our engineers, scientists, and medical doctors from Europe, Asia, and South Asia. (And yet the same people who want to inject religious dogma into science classes also bellyache about immigration, but, once again, I digress............)
Another point, ladies and gentlemen, why is there no thought whatsoever given to children who are not Christians? I realize Texas isn't the most multicultural place in the US, but I can promise you that 100% of the population is not Christian. Why is there no thought given to the Jewish child, the Muslim child, the Buddhist child, the Wiccan child, the Atheist child, and so on? The lack of respect and consideration, to borrow a phrase from a dear friend of mine, is simply stunning.
The lat point I want to make is that I am utterly baffled by how Texas Governor, Rick Perry, a Republican of course, can actually be considered a viable presidential candidate when he has been the driving force behind this nonsense over the past few years. Will he try to do to American what he is trying to do to Texas? Between that and recalling how tragically wrong things went the last time we elected a GOP governor from Texas as president, I certainly hope Perry's obvious presidential ambitions never get off the ground.
Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.
good point science should not become a bunch of personal beliefs otherwise there is no point learning it.
ReplyDeletescience should be pure fact like maths instead of religious indoctrination with very few facts