Teaching Creationism in public schools...

[Renee]

What Joe is failing to admit to is that although scientific theory like the "Big Bang" is not yet entirely proven, the supporting theories and analysis are indeed provable. Scientific phenomenon such as the known galaxies moving away from each other can be observed and measured. Cosmic background radiation resulting from a rapid expansion can be observed and measured. Quasar drop-off during large red shifts can be measured and proven. The number of active quasar and galaxies collisions over time can be measured and accounted for. Spectra analysis of older stars can measure the abundance of primordial gas and elements in their composition.  All these naturally occurring phenomena point to the concept of a hot universe and a sudden rapid expansion (Big Bang). In fact some of the phenomenon we have observed can ONLY be explain by a sudden and rapid expansion of cosmic material.

http://www.astronomynotes.com/cosmolgy/s7.htm">http://www.astronomynotes.com/cosmolgy/s7.htm

[RW]

What Joe is failing to admit to is that although scientific theory like the "Big Bang" is not yet entirely proven, the supporting theories and analysis are indeed provable. Scientific phenomenon such as the known galaxies moving away from each other can be observed and measured. Cosmic background radiation resulting from a rapid expansion can be observed and measured. Quasar drop-off during large red shifts can be measured and proven. The number of active quasar and galaxies collisions over time can be measured and accounted for. Spectra analysis of older stars can measure the abundance of primordial gas and elements in their composition.  All these naturally occurring phenomena point to the concept of a hot universe and a sudden rapid expansion (Big Bang). In fact some of the phenomenon we have observed can ONLY be explain by a sudden and rapid expansion of cosmic material.

http://www.astronomynotes.com/cosmolgy/s7.htm">http://www.astronomynotes.com/cosmolgy/s7.htm

[Anonymous]

There are people with scientific backgrounds that believe in intelligent design..



I can't explain it of course and I don't have any interest in it either..



I am ok with public schools teaching anything about anything because we would never take our children out of their school and put them in public schools where students perform poorly compared to where they are now..



Oh and the big bang theory is taught alongside intelligent design in my children's schools.

How do you know students perform poorly compared to where they are?

Parents are given reports on how school our schools which is comprised of a primary, junior and senior high compares academically, athletically and social problems like drop outs to the city and the province..



We're proud of the results, but the staff still strives to do even better.

[RW]

There are people with scientific backgrounds that believe in intelligent design..



I can't explain it of course and I don't have any interest in it either..



I am ok with public schools teaching anything about anything because we would never take our children out of their school and put them in public schools where students perform poorly compared to where they are now..



Oh and the big bang theory is taught alongside intelligent design in my children's schools.

How do you know students perform poorly compared to where they are?

Parents are given reports on how school our schools which is comprised of a primary, junior and senior high compares academically, athletically and social problems like drop outs to the city and the province..



We're proud of the results, but the staff still strives to do even better.

You put kids in small class sizes with affluent parents and they are bound to do better than kids with a range of social/economic backgrounds.  Schools like yours also typically do not have many kids with severe learning disabilities because public schools are better equipped and funded to do so.



You're really comparing an apple to an orange.

[Bricktop]

If the God Squad want creationism taught in schools, then its only fair for them to allow atheists to speak in churches.

[RW]

Why would anyone want to listen to an atheist talk?



ICK!

[Anonymous]

Parents are given reports on how school our schools which is comprised of a primary, junior and senior high compares academically, athletically and social problems like drop outs to the city and the province..



We're proud of the results, but the staff still strives to do even better.

I don't doubt for one fucking second grades are much better at your kids' school than any inner-city public school. However, as fine as you think xtian education is, it has as much to do with the kids themselves as it does with curriculum. How many students at your kids' school come from single parent families? How many have substance abuse issues at home? How many students are from unemployed/uneducated/poor families? Not many I would think if they can afford the tuition fees.



I'm a supporter of private schooling, but let's not kid ourselves here. The success of private schooling has as much to do with the family backgrounds of students as it does with the quality of education. I know, I attended a poverty-stricken, inner city public school when we first came to Canada.

[Bricktop]

I know, I attended a poverty-stricken, inner city public school when we first came to Canada.

And it shows.



 

[Bricktop]

Why would anyone want to listen to an atheist talk?



ICK!

Why would anyone want to listen to a Xtian?

[Anonymous]

I know, I attended a poverty-stricken, inner city public school when we first came to Canada.

And it shows.



 

An shut up you.



Anyway, I really couldn't be bothered wasting my breath talking about religion with a devout believer. They are not going to change and neither am I. As long as they don't impose their religion on me as Islam does than they can believe in thousands of people swallowed by whales for all I care.

[Anonymous]

There are people with scientific backgrounds that believe in intelligent design..



I can't explain it of course and I don't have any interest in it either..



I am ok with public schools teaching anything about anything because we would never take our children out of their school and put them in public schools where students perform poorly compared to where they are now..



Oh and the big bang theory is taught alongside intelligent design in my children's schools.

How do you know students perform poorly compared to where they are?

Parents are given reports on how school our schools which is comprised of a primary, junior and senior high compares academically, athletically and social problems like drop outs to the city and the province..



We're proud of the results, but the staff still strives to do even better.

You put kids in small class sizes with affluent parents and they are bound to do better than kids with a range of social/economic backgrounds.  Schools like yours also typically do not have many kids with severe learning disabilities because public schools are better equipped and funded to do so.



You're really comparing an apple to an orange.

Your assumption would be wrong RW..



My children's sister school has an excellent program for children with learning disabilities.

 ac_smile

[Anonymous]

There are people with scientific backgrounds that believe in intelligent design..



I can't explain it of course and I don't have any interest in it either..



I am ok with public schools teaching anything about anything because we would never take our children out of their school and put them in public schools where students perform poorly compared to where they are now..



Oh and the big bang theory is taught alongside intelligent design in my children's schools.

How do you know students perform poorly compared to where they are?

Parents are given reports on how school our schools which is comprised of a primary, junior and senior high compares academically, athletically and social problems like drop outs to the city and the province..



We're proud of the results, but the staff still strives to do even better.

You put kids in small class sizes with affluent parents and they are bound to do better than kids with a range of social/economic backgrounds.  Schools like yours also typically do not have many kids with severe learning disabilities because public schools are better equipped and funded to do so.



You're really comparing an apple to an orange.

Your assumption would be wrong RW..



My children's sister school has an excellent program for children with learning disabilities.

 ac_smile

I'm glad to see they care as much about the souls of the developmentally challenged as they do about wealthy athletes.

[RW]

There are people with scientific backgrounds that believe in intelligent design..



I can't explain it of course and I don't have any interest in it either..



I am ok with public schools teaching anything about anything because we would never take our children out of their school and put them in public schools where students perform poorly compared to where they are now..



Oh and the big bang theory is taught alongside intelligent design in my children's schools.

How do you know students perform poorly compared to where they are?

Parents are given reports on how school our schools which is comprised of a primary, junior and senior high compares academically, athletically and social problems like drop outs to the city and the province..



We're proud of the results, but the staff still strives to do even better.

You put kids in small class sizes with affluent parents and they are bound to do better than kids with a range of social/economic backgrounds.  Schools like yours also typically do not have many kids with severe learning disabilities because public schools are better equipped and funded to do so.



You're really comparing an apple to an orange.

Your assumption would be wrong RW..



My children's sister school has an excellent program for children with learning disabilities.

 ac_smile

Interesting.  I thought it was cost prohibitive.  Well it is here but I don't think we get the same tax dollar allocations as you do in AB for Catholic schools.



Thanks for the correction :)

[Anonymous]

There are people with scientific backgrounds that believe in intelligent design..



I can't explain it of course and I don't have any interest in it either..



I am ok with public schools teaching anything about anything because we would never take our children out of their school and put them in public schools where students perform poorly compared to where they are now..



Oh and the big bang theory is taught alongside intelligent design in my children's schools.

How do you know students perform poorly compared to where they are?

Parents are given reports on how school our schools which is comprised of a primary, junior and senior high compares academically, athletically and social problems like drop outs to the city and the province..



We're proud of the results, but the staff still strives to do even better.

You put kids in small class sizes with affluent parents and they are bound to do better than kids with a range of social/economic backgrounds.  Schools like yours also typically do not have many kids with severe learning disabilities because public schools are better equipped and funded to do so.



You're really comparing an apple to an orange.

Your assumption would be wrong RW..



My children's sister school has an excellent program for children with learning disabilities.

 ac_smile

Interesting.  I thought it was cost prohibitive.  Well it is here but I don't think we get the same tax dollar allocations as you do in AB for Catholic schools.



Thanks for the correction :)

Christian education has evolved and grown..



We can match just about any program offered by the public system when the demand is high enough.

[RW]

There are people with scientific backgrounds that believe in intelligent design..



I can't explain it of course and I don't have any interest in it either..



I am ok with public schools teaching anything about anything because we would never take our children out of their school and put them in public schools where students perform poorly compared to where they are now..



Oh and the big bang theory is taught alongside intelligent design in my children's schools.

How do you know students perform poorly compared to where they are?

Parents are given reports on how school our schools which is comprised of a primary, junior and senior high compares academically, athletically and social problems like drop outs to the city and the province..



We're proud of the results, but the staff still strives to do even better.

You put kids in small class sizes with affluent parents and they are bound to do better than kids with a range of social/economic backgrounds.  Schools like yours also typically do not have many kids with severe learning disabilities because public schools are better equipped and funded to do so.



You're really comparing an apple to an orange.

Your assumption would be wrong RW..



My children's sister school has an excellent program for children with learning disabilities.

 ac_smile

Interesting.  I thought it was cost prohibitive.  Well it is here but I don't think we get the same tax dollar allocations as you do in AB for Catholic schools.



Thanks for the correction :)

Christian education has evolved and grown..



We can match just about any program offered by the public system when the demand is high enough.

I live in...well you know where I live.  It's too small to offer much of anything.  We're lucky to have a Catholic school nevermind anything else.