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Monday, May 09, 2005
Revolution 10
In the post below (the duck one) Hammer links to a site providing answers to ten bogus questions that fundamentalist parents are being encouraged to get their kids to ask their biology teachers. I’m posting on the same topic because way back in my pre-blogging days (about a week ago) I discussed the same issue the old fashioned way by emailing it to several dozen friends.I sent this link along with the comment, “I swear there is a real movement in this country to make people dumber. The line about students putting their heads on their desks and ignoring any discussion of evolution must be heart breaking to anyone who cares about education.” The story linked to had, among other things, a list of the ten questions but not the answers. I’m hoping that at least a few of the people I sent that to are now reading this blog and might be interested in seeing the sample answers.
I have been thinking about this issue ever since then, partly because of a related comment I saw in a Thomas Freidman column last week. Freidman has a new book out about globalization and has devoted a number of his NYT pieces to that subject and how the United States is in many ways failing to prepare for the coming age of increased economic competitiveness. The comment that sticks with me is from the CEO of Intel:
