Change the Consitution...

[Professor]

[The Dude]

I know what it was, it was supposed to be a joke.

regarding math, I didn't say anyone in MS is doing it. But I'm saying your argument allows for them to do that. You may think it's crazy someone would refuse to teach math but I see it equally crazy someone would teach creationism.

[John Galt]

[Spider]

^That chart is not at all surprising.

[Kane]

I'm hard pressed to call a religion an "alternate theory"....

[The Dude]

[John Galt]

so no child left behind is like your idea, only they also require minimum standards be met to prove that the "teaching baseline" was reached. you don't think minimum stands should be met and we should just trust the teacher's discretion of the "teaching baseline"?

[Professor]

[Professor]

I believe that we all agree that there need to be teaching standards. That children need to be taught something.

The question is, who decides? Is it the parents of the children? The community in which the children live? Or, is it some disinterested third party or a benevolent dictator?

I think it's both. There should be basic guidelines set for all children. But, the specifics should be left up to the locals.

Say that children need to be able to do algebra by 10th grade nationwide. But, if a local community says that they ALSO need to know about creationism, great.

[The Dude]