February 02, 2004
You Mean We Came From Monkeys?!?!
Posted by nerdling | February 2, 2004 05:15 PM
In another astounding foray into logic, the state of Georgia is revamping their high school curriculum. What follows is just part of the rather amazing list of cuts, which includes a tour de force of the humanities and sciences: world history from 1500 CE on; US history starting with the founding of America and skipping forward to 1876 and Reconstruction (leaving out most of the Civil War) to the present day; in science, the history of life, common descent, human origins, the role we play in the ecosystem, the Big Bang, the age of the Earth and other topics would be completely eliminated; evolution will still be taught, but under a different name.
Even better than those is my personal favorite cut: Marquis Harris. The Atlanta school system did not hire this 22-year-old Rhodes Scholar nominee when he applied for a teaching position because, as expressed in the letter he was sent:
It was felt that your demeanor and therefore presence in the classroom would serve as an unrealistic expectation as to what high school students could strive to achieve or become.
Not to point fingers or anything, but I am amazed that Americans can wonder why other first world countries laugh at us. Watching our progressive decline into stupidity has to be the international equivalent of watching a dog eat peanut butter.
hear hear! this is why america is the armpit of the so called free world. we should all go back to the motherland...england. think georgey boy is game?
and your site looks loverly
Posted by: nik at February 2, 2004 06:00 PM
RE: "and your site looks loverly"
Too right. Looking most sharp, Miss Riggins.
*moves to Canada, John Penney in hand*
Posted by: Kierin. at February 2, 2004 07:01 PM
John Penny...
...or Dirty Penny?
Posted by: Marleigh at February 2, 2004 07:22 PM
