The National Center for Science Education has put together a website to respond to the new pro-Intelligent Design movie “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”. It is called Expelled Exposed. I have to say that red flags were raised for me when I heard a podcast about the movie based on this premise:
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Archive for April 28th, 2008
“Expelled” Exposed
Posted in culture, tagged "Intelligent Design", creationism, dishonesty, entertainment, evolution, movies, science on April 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
10 year old boys are right: word problems are evil!
Posted in education, homeschooling, tagged education, homeschooling, math on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A couple of years ago, I stopped trying to get my older son to do word problems. He just didn’t get them. Plus, they often required really convoluted thinking to figure out. I decided that once he knew algebra and knew how to create equations, we’d give them another try. Now [...]
What’s dumber than a gorilla with a bunch of bananas?
Posted in education, tagged education, kids, zero brains on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A school administrator, of course! I think they perform lobotomies on students in school administration programs. A school outside of Chicago suspended 11 students for taking part in a senior prank where a kid dressed like a gorilla chased 10 classmates dressed like bananas through the halls. From the story:
Senior Andrew Leinonen, [...]
