[intorkercet]

Stupidity is contagious.

[Xxmlqevq]

Texans also like to play Starcraft.

[soydaykam]

Without a doubt something, that most creationists in america dream about

[ENCOSEARRALIA]

There are creationists in Texas who try to influence the textbooks and school curriculum. He could have just as easily written "You thought Mississippi was bad?"

That would make less sense. Georgia might make for a better example.

[mikeyyuiok]

Ah, the good ol' petition ambush, favored method of crazies trying to gain a temporary advantage.

[Scukonaher]

As for the thread title, don't you guys remember the flap about Texas textbook revisions? The board of education there made changes to Texas textbooks (nothing involving evolution I don't think) and since Texas is such a large textbook market people were worried it'd affect textbooks nationwide.

[geasurpacerma]

Well that's a matter of perspective. Those on the left wailed about radical conservatives rewriting history.

Either way, I believe that is what the good doctor was referencing.

[Dreaming]

At the time I was in high school, Richardson schools were in the top 10% in the nation. A lot of people here are guided by westerns and ignorance.

[interznakinfo]

Here being ACS, not Texas. I just wanted to be clear on that point.

[mrllxp]

Oh, you edited it. Yep,

Bean, (Apollo 12) 4th to walk,
Mitchell, (Apollo 14) 6th to walk,
Scott, (Apollo 15), 7th to walk.

San Antonio, Hereford and Wheeler TX.

So at one point, it was 3 of 7.

Not bad for a bunch of cowboy hicks.

[Ggskbpbz]

Pssh, astronauts are just cowboys in space, everyone knows that. Damn, I thought that would bring him back.

[bxxasxxa]

So teaching accurate history doesn't matter?

[perhilzit]

Just as long as we don't start saying Abe Lincoln was a vampire hunter. Everyone knows that was Stephen Douglas.

[OEMCHEAPSOFTDOWNLOAD]

We've already discussed the effect Texas has on textbook writing. The fact that some members on the board are creationist should not be at all surprising given what portion of the American populace is creationist. Consider the following:

1. The controversy was over history textbooks, not biology textbooks
2. The biology textbooks selected don't teach creationism or intelligent design.

Given that a large part of the controversy was about McLeroy trying to get anti-evolution changes into textbooks, I'm not sure how you discussing it makes that any less true.

[largonioulurI]

In fairness to Ben, the vast majority of history books involve the history of people.

[DINAKuncher]

In fairness to Ben, the vast majority of history books involve the history of people.

Certainly all the books with accurate titles do.

[skydaypat]

CONTEXT! Please try to maintain it.

History, as an academic discipline, deals with the interactions of human society through time. No humans, no history. I'm sure you will agree that evolution existed before humans.

[skydaypat]

Which seems a shame given that evolutionary theory also arguably had a major impact on the rise of secularism and many, many other lines of human thought and idea. When people understand evolution as a whole idea, it changes so many ways of thinking.

[wrewsTear]

How would a major human discovery which had a vast impact on a whole range of human thinking be 'redundant' in a history class?

[Savviers]

Creationism does not belong in a history book either.