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Creationists Sue Texas Over Denial of Master's Program

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Unakite4/20/2009 7:13:44 pm PDT

re: #213 Zimriel

All this stuff you mention won’t be solved by giving master’s degrees to Christian madrassa graduates. They will on the contrary make the curricula MORE dumbed down and MORE chaotic.

that a genuine reform movement is needed to exam the notion of devising a national curriculum that is demanding and that also allows for those less able to leave the system with dignity and training in a skill that is useful in getting a job. No one in the educational field is willing to admit that the field isn’t level at all—and the more we try, the worse the outcome if we want smart, motivated critical thinkers.

I’m confused. Are we to have multitier educations which leave some fit for vocational work, and others fit for critical thinkers? Or are we to create a system where everyone is to be a critical thinker?

I’m fine with multitier education, by the way. But I think some form of science education is necessary, shorn of sectarian bias.

And again, giving the nod to people like the author of post#138 to devise our educational policy won’t help ANY educational system worth its name.

Slightly OT, but it just struck me that she said she teaches English, not that she has a degree in English. And I just wanted to comment on how well written your post was as compared to hers.