Comments on: Education Issues In Last Tuesday’s Election

By: northbrooklyn

northbrooklyn — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:17:26 +0000

Getting back to the [ahem] orginal post; I want to see these religious freaks crawl back under the rock they came from…I just want to do a big splashy crazy fun section on dinosaurs for my 3 to 10 year-olds.

By: redhog

redhog — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:17:10 +0000

There are all kinds of actions that united chapters can take,above board and below radar, that can torment any administration and pound into their skullcases that outrageous pettiness will preclude their survival as viable building leaders.
My staff would crush underfoot any fiats from gasbags, regardless of their throne of pontification.

By: Schoolgal

Schoolgal — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:32:42 +0000

I’m glad to see Redhog has that old-time religion (I was beginning to worry about him).

While I (Yipes!) agree with him, I feel there is a sound basis for separation of church and state which in no way should disparage our beliefs. At the same time, we don’t need some preacher telling us that God will turn his back on us in time of need if we don’t have an anti-science board running the school system.

When we introduce Myths or Legends there are always stories about creation.

(On another note:
Some of us will be needing all your prayers because regions, including mine, are already overruling the new contract and expect bulletin board rules to be followed.)

By: redhog

redhog — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:39:44 +0000

This country is a land of such improbable extremes. We land people safely on the moon a generation ago, and yet host such a huge block of crusaders against rationality.
In our trust of scientific reason we must not be lured into smugness and disparagement of faith. Faith is the bedrock and cornerstone of much of civilization. As we assert the primacy of scientific truth, let’s do so without abusing the dignity of those whose revelation obeys other additional calls. As Hamlet said, “There is more in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in your philosophy.” Shakespeare was no slouch.

By: Kombiz

Kombiz — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:33:30 +0000

This is a new board that was elected a few years ago. From my recollection, the first anti-science board was booted, and the subsequent board reversed the anti-evolutionary decrees. This board won the election in ’04, I believe, and took over from the more the more progressive board.

By: NYC Educator

NYC Educator — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:26:27 +0000

It’ll take the California voters to terminate Arnold, but I think they’ll get that chance next year.

Wasn’t there another anti-science board somewhere that actually got itself elected? Maybe it was in Kansas.