Occassionally though, I find out something good about my home state. A student-government in the Wasilla-Palmer area has decided that "Intelligent design shall be addressed in the social studies department, if it is addressed at all." (For those not familiar with Alaskan geography, the Mat-Su Valley is to Anchorage, probably as Sacto is to L.A. in terms of, well, everything.)
Very sensibly:
[a]ccording to Psenak, the student council neither favors nor opposes teaching intelligent design, which holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by some kind of designer. Psenak said students do oppose teaching intelligent design in science class, though.And what's wrong with that?
“They say intelligent design doesn't meet any of the state's science criteria and that it shouldn't be brought forward in the science curriculum,” she explained after the board meeting. “There is a social science class, though, that talks about world religions, and most people thought it would fit well into that.”
(Link via Uncredible Hallq)
2 comments:
That really is impressive, ad heartening, to boot.
Based on this post, I think you might very enjoy the following (humorous) column, inspired by the state of Kansas' adoption of guideline that include the teaching ID.
And, no, in no way am I connected with that newspaper, that writer, etc.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/5735618.html
Ahh the strib, how I miss thee...
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