Tennessee passes anti-science theory, and our students can't read

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Originally Posted by Riot

College professors have, for some years now, been astounded at the lack of basic education students are showing when they enter college. Science, reading, math. They are incompetent. Other countries are excelling.

Calling the bible "science" and teaching it as such is beyond absurd, and just worsens that void.

I don't anybody who went to a Catholic high school. I do know that the Catholic grade school where I grew up taught science, and students who went there were pretty smart in junior high.

There was a time when religion and science were taught separately, and both were respected for what they were. Science didn't preclude religion, nor the other way around.

I dont know a whole lot about public school or what they teach, my only experiance that is first hand is that my brother who was in public school until 8th grade couldnt read 5th grade English and that in one school year in private school he was reading his grade level. I wasnt taught evolution but I learned about it by being on the family farm and seeing things with my own eyes. I dont feel like I was slighted in anyway by not being taught evolution in school.