More school idiocy
Feb. 12th, 2004 10:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dslartooScientists in Scotland have discovered a fossilized insect that they have determined to be approximately 408 million years old. Pretty remarkable, eh? Well, not to Georgia school superintendent Kathy Cox, apparently.
Cox is the same pinhead who has been dumbing down Georgia's curriculum in ways that boggle the mind. A week or so ago there was a massive backlash against her when she made changes to the curriculum that said any references to "evolution" must instead use the phrase "biological changes over time". Faced with a blizzard of angry telephone calls, emails and letters, she backed down on this issue...but she's already made a great deal of other changes.
Georgia's state Board of Education, not unsurprisingly, wants to use the entire curriculum recommended by the American Association for the Advancement of Science standards, which includes a full discussion of evolution. Cox not only removed the word "evolution" but also several passages detailing how it should be taught, including sections on the age of Earth and natural selection. She has refused interview requests to discuss how these changes were arrived at or under whose advice. Why is this woman in charge of Georgia's schools?
Anyway, to get back to the fossilized insect I mentioned in that first paragraph (remember?) -- Cox disapproves of this insect as well, apparently. She is expected to issue a memo at some point today that orders Georgia teachers to restrict all references to the insect as "over 2000 years old".
Hey, Cox? You want to know why Georgia is dead last among the Fifty States in education? It's things like this. Your stupid policies are making Georgia into a laughingstock among educators.
I am so glad that my time in Georgia schools is past. If I were getting that sort of "education" today, I would be begging my parents to put me in school somewhere I could actually learn something.
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Currently playing: Pink Floyd -- The Division Bell. Some music has a color that you can almost see. This album is one of those. It's a cloudy blue-gray, perfect for the rainy day we're having.
Cox is the same pinhead who has been dumbing down Georgia's curriculum in ways that boggle the mind. A week or so ago there was a massive backlash against her when she made changes to the curriculum that said any references to "evolution" must instead use the phrase "biological changes over time". Faced with a blizzard of angry telephone calls, emails and letters, she backed down on this issue...but she's already made a great deal of other changes.
Georgia's state Board of Education, not unsurprisingly, wants to use the entire curriculum recommended by the American Association for the Advancement of Science standards, which includes a full discussion of evolution. Cox not only removed the word "evolution" but also several passages detailing how it should be taught, including sections on the age of Earth and natural selection. She has refused interview requests to discuss how these changes were arrived at or under whose advice. Why is this woman in charge of Georgia's schools?
Anyway, to get back to the fossilized insect I mentioned in that first paragraph (remember?) -- Cox disapproves of this insect as well, apparently. She is expected to issue a memo at some point today that orders Georgia teachers to restrict all references to the insect as "over 2000 years old".
Hey, Cox? You want to know why Georgia is dead last among the Fifty States in education? It's things like this. Your stupid policies are making Georgia into a laughingstock among educators.
I am so glad that my time in Georgia schools is past. If I were getting that sort of "education" today, I would be begging my parents to put me in school somewhere I could actually learn something.
-- END OF LINE --
Currently playing: Pink Floyd -- The Division Bell. Some music has a color that you can almost see. This album is one of those. It's a cloudy blue-gray, perfect for the rainy day we're having.