A teacher in California who was sued for the anti-Creationism remarks he made in his classroom lost the case when the Judge sided with the former student that at least one of the remarks had, indeed, violated the student's First Amendment rights.
The teacher's daughter says that he is only trying to get the students to think. Think about what? It would appear he only wants them to think how dumb he thinks Creationism is. If he truly wanted all of the students to think he would rail against Creationism one day and then the next day rail against Evolutionism. As a student you would be thinking that you had it all worked out in your head, either for or against what was said, and then once confronted with the opposing view you could compare your arguments.
A teacher is there to teach, and in order to do that you have get a student to think for himself. Not spoon feed or pile drive the answers into him.
I wonder what the test this teacher gave on the subject was like?
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB
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