Comments on: “Not just a little bit over the line” http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/03/20/not-just-a-little-bit-over-the-line/ Science, science education, and other things ... with a distinctly Southern drawl Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:04:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rick http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/03/20/not-just-a-little-bit-over-the-line/#comment-15799 Rick Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:43:49 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/03/20/not-just-a-little-bit-over-the-line/#comment-15799 I saw that link in the <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/03/turnabout_fair_play_all_that.php#comments" rel="nofollow">Pharyngula</a> comments thread about five minutes before I was due to teach a class, so I didn't have time to do much other than update my post with the link. The Nugget article is pretty damning. After the paragraphs you quote, the article says that (according to one parent) students were not only <i>exposed</i> to the AiG materials, they were <i>tested</i> primarily on them! I saw that link in the Pharyngula comments thread about five minutes before I was due to teach a class, so I didn’t have time to do much other than update my post with the link.

The Nugget article is pretty damning. After the paragraphs you quote, the article says that (according to one parent) students were not only exposed to the AiG materials, they were tested primarily on them!

]]> By: Liz Ditz http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/03/20/not-just-a-little-bit-over-the-line/#comment-15798 Liz Ditz Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:24:29 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/03/20/not-just-a-little-bit-over-the-line/#comment-15798 The "more here" is an article from the local paper, the Nugget, with the following key paragraphs: <i>The red flag went up last week when parents were asked questions by their puzzled students about information that was being discussed in their freshman biology class. Concern mounted when parents examined materials that Helphinstine was distributing to his students and they brought the matter to the attention of high school principal Bob Macauley. According to Rahm the material was "conspicuously intelligent design type information or teaching. Actually if you took the material and Googled the crucial passages it takes you to a creationist Web site called Answers in Genesis, www.answersingenesis.org, that is run by Ken Ham. ... One of the lines in his (Ham's) mission statement for the Web site is any statement which contradicts the Bible is inherently false," Rahm said. </i> The “more here” is an article from the local paper, the Nugget, with the following key paragraphs:

The red flag went up last week when parents were asked questions by their puzzled students about information that was being discussed in their freshman biology class. Concern mounted when parents examined materials that Helphinstine was distributing to his students and they brought the matter to the attention of high school principal Bob Macauley.

According to Rahm the material was “conspicuously intelligent design type information or teaching. Actually if you took the material and Googled the crucial passages it takes you to a creationist Web site called Answers in Genesis, http://www.answersingenesis.org, that is run by Ken Ham. … One of the lines in his (Ham’s) mission statement for the Web site is any statement which contradicts the Bible is inherently false,” Rahm said.

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