Untamed Teacher carries one more story about the dangers of trying to teach evolution to students who are not particularly interested, in a school where administrators don’t know much about science. Cynics will write it off as an inexperienced teacher in a difficult school — but that’s precisely where we need to be teaching the most serious material most often. (Tip of the old scrub brush to Education Notes Online.)
How would Jesus heckle a teacher? Which parable covers being obnoxious?
Update: Open Parachute ponders whether the behaviors exhibited by the churchy adults in the news report below, constitute child abuse:
Can you imagine the reaction were a group of scientists to arrive at Ken Ham’s creation museum and lead a “science tour” of the place? Dollars to doughnuts Ham would come out looking a lot like Joe Stalin on the issue of allowing free discussion in his place.
Resource: Why study evolution? Read the benefits of such study in one of the permanent posts of this blog.