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In response to "moving to another topic: Should home-schooling text-books be required to explain Evolution, even if they are published by christian companies?" by tRuMaN

Homeschooling textbooks should meet state standards, period. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Mar 8 '10, 08:16

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Indeed, ignoring the assumption that all Christians are creationists :) -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 08:23 10
- not all christians, but I'd think a much larger proportion of christian home-schoolers than the general christian population. - znufrii Mar 8, 08:27 8
  - I think you're right. In many cases it may be the impetus for homeschooling. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 08:29 7
    - I know a dozen home schooling families, and none of them use evolution as a reason. - landbeck Mar 8, 08:31 5
      - A few times a year we'll get an angry letter from a homeschooling family when we talk about evolution. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 08:40
      - do you think they are a representative sample, though? -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 08:32 2
        
        Certainly not, most of the families I know that are doing it are LDS. As a religion, evolution doesn't really bother us. -- nm - landbeck Mar 8, 08:36 1
        
        that's what I thought. I think LDS are a minority of homeschoolers, though. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 08:38
      - they want the freedom to teach that bats are bugs? -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 08:32
    - reading the article, they seem to come to the same conclusion regarding the home-schooling market. -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 08:29
- I don't assume that. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 08:24
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- I personally don't mind if they teach both, as long as students get evolution. It's a requirement for studying biology in college. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 08:21
- they probably should, but I doubt they do. - tRuMaN Mar 8, 08:21 6
  - That's beside the point. The material should still be *allowed* to be published, even if it doesn't meet state requirements. Or else I misunderstood - mara Mar 8, 08:24 3
    - right. they can publish whatever they want. whether the state OK's it as a legit textbook for homeschooling is another issue. -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 08:25 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - mara Mar 8, 08:25
    - I think it's a different question. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 08:25
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  - I don't know, but I hope you're wrong about that. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 08:22
...which should include evolution, or the state education board should be ashamed of itself. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 08:17

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