Don't worry, there are plenty of soapboxes to go around. That one's for 100% organic soap. *G*
One of the problems with "accepting the scientific method into my heart" a couple of years ago is that free thinking -- as my bosses at the Vrije Universiteit called it -- is not accorded the same respect in American discourse as religion.
Had the kid gone and spoken to the principal, or even if the parents had spoken to the superintendent or school board, I would have no problem with it. But however personally offensive the remark was -- and however out of line it might have been within the context of the class -- a teacher cannot be afraid of expressing an opinion in his classroom.
The students are supposed to be exposed to all points of view.
Part of my problem is that, even when I was devout, and I was, it never occurred to me that evolution wasn't part of God's plan. The Muslim idea that God put us here to understand him and science and mathematics are the clues -- and our brain the tool -- He gave us was closer to my beliefs than creationism.
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Date: 2009-05-05 02:16 am (UTC)One of the problems with "accepting the scientific method into my heart" a couple of years ago is that free thinking -- as my bosses at the Vrije Universiteit called it -- is not accorded the same respect in American discourse as religion.
Had the kid gone and spoken to the principal, or even if the parents had spoken to the superintendent or school board, I would have no problem with it. But however personally offensive the remark was -- and however out of line it might have been within the context of the class -- a teacher cannot be afraid of expressing an opinion in his classroom.
The students are supposed to be exposed to all points of view.
Part of my problem is that, even when I was devout, and I was, it never occurred to me that evolution wasn't part of God's plan. The Muslim idea that God put us here to understand him and science and mathematics are the clues -- and our brain the tool -- He gave us was closer to my beliefs than creationism.