Christian Schools Suing University of California
The Association of Christian Schools
International has sued the University of California because UC has refused to
certify "science" courses that teach creationism. You just knew this was going
to happen, right? The poorly-educated spawn they're churning out is coming
face-to-face with the real world and isn't measuring up. So naturally, they
sue.
From an LA Times article:
It's really these guys that want to dumb down everyone else. Where's the end of this? You don't want to teach math but still want to go to a university? And that whole readin' and writin' thing is overrated as well. When you start messing with academic standards like this lawsuit it just devalues everyone else's education - as evidenced by these children's diplomas becoming worthless because their "school" refuses to actually educate its students.
I kinda feel bad for the kids. For the most part, they didn't choose these schools, but unfortunately, they are paying the price for the nut-jobs out there who have an agenda.
From an LA Times article:
According to the lawsuit, UC's board of admissions also advised the school that it would not approve biology and science courses that relied primarily on textbooks published by Bob Jones University Press and A Beka Books, two Christian publishers.Secularize Christian schools? Bullshit. No one is stopping you from teaching your own little myth. You just gotta teach something that is actually true as well. In reality, these crazed loons can't do this, of course, without blowing a head gasket, so they have little choice but to sue. Or something.
Instead, the board instructed the schools to "submit for UC approval a secular science curriculum with a text and course outline that addresses course content/knowledge generally accepted in the scientific community."
"It appears that the UC system is attempting to secularize Christian schools and prevent them from teaching from a world Christian view," said Patrick H. Tyler, a lawyer with Advocates for Faith and Freedom, which is assisting the plaintiffs.
It's really these guys that want to dumb down everyone else. Where's the end of this? You don't want to teach math but still want to go to a university? And that whole readin' and writin' thing is overrated as well. When you start messing with academic standards like this lawsuit it just devalues everyone else's education - as evidenced by these children's diplomas becoming worthless because their "school" refuses to actually educate its students.
I kinda feel bad for the kids. For the most part, they didn't choose these schools, but unfortunately, they are paying the price for the nut-jobs out there who have an agenda.
Posted: Tue - August 30, 2005 at 10:28 PM
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