It's a scary day to be a parent in Louisiana.

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It's a scary day to be a parent in Louisiana. None of these kids will ever get into a good school and many won't be able to find respectful careers later in life with this sort of educational foundation.
http://io9.com/5962506/is-this-what-students-in-louisiana-are-learning-about-evolution

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Dominic Phillips said…
Thankfully (?), these books are not currently used in public schools down there...yet.  They are mainly for use for home school and charter schools.  Point of interest - the charter schools are voucher program schools, so they are almost-directly using government funds.  However, there is a movement to get these books into public schools...  I have a friend down in NOLA trying to find options beyond public school down there, but religiously based charter schools are the only voucher option down there.  I think the appropriate term is 'god help us all'...lol.
November 21, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Reverend Eric Ha said…
I think this is seriously starting to call my name. I've been wanting to start a Discordian school that teaches logic, science, evolution, the fact that gods don't exist.... They have to give funding to me if I'm a legit church(and I am..they can't question my beliefs oddly enough) so I'll make them hurt even more so than they already do giving $$$ to the Islamic schools(and they got #butthurt  over that to be sure)
November 21, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Clint Udy said…
All I can say is that my children, when I have them, will know science. They will also have the balls to challenge anti science and anti logic instructors. I will stand behind my child if they get in trouble for being smart enough to make a teacher look stupid.
November 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM
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