Another reason to be proud (NOT) of my home state.
A new science curriculum proposed for high school teachers in Georgia was edited to avoid any mention of the word “evolution,” which state school superintendent Kathy Cox described on Thursday as “a buzzword that causes a lot negative reactions.”
The plan also omitted topics such as Charles Darwin’s life, fossil evidence and the emergence of single-celled microorganisms, which means Georgia teachers would no longer be required to devote time and effort to teaching evolution. If the curriculum is adopted, most teachers will skim over the subject, which remains unwelcome in many parts of the state.
Next they’ll be teaching that babies come from cabbage leaves. That’s it. From now on I’m just telling people that I’m a D.C. native. After 10 years, I figure I ought to qualify. Can one denounce citizenship in a state?
You can read the rest over at Just My Thoughts…
That’s horrible. I always insist that Atlanta is *not* GA. It’s an island in the middle of a big shameful sea. That article is a great example of the mentality in this state, unfortunately.
Yep. *shakes head* I wrote about it in my journal a bit.
By the way, thank you — I appreciated the link in your “Georgia on my Mind” post, and am delighted to be on the blogroll for Republic of T.
*hugs*