I couldn't believe it when I heard that for the first time. And this is unfortunately true.
Darwin's thoery of evolution is not taught to the children in the US of A until they finish their highschool & later opt for life sciences for their higher studies! And why? Because the church, who 'used to' (not anymore) run a parallel government here, did not believe so; And wanted the children to believe that humans originated from Adam & Eve - according to the version in the Bible.
What a shame for the most advanced ecomony! Not the belief part, but the agenda in the whole educational system.
This is bringing in a paradigm shift for me because I believed that education will stem out most of the rots in the society. Now I am starting to think that ignorance is really a bliss, the more you know about it, the more painful it turns around to be. Even after taking into consideration of the whole drama that is going on in Kerala about the Social Science Text book of class 7, I feel we are still 'culturally' far ahead; And the religious morons hand in hand with caste politicians are effectively taking us backward!
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In the new bottle! I have decided to get some freshness in the face of my blog! 2 hrs effort in the afternoon today - & this is what I came up with...
put your comments please...
was about to say "Nice new template" n saw ur comment :) Yeh good one :)
thank you thank you...
banner ellam njan thanne undaakkiyathaanu ketto.. with my own photograph...
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kiddilam new look for the blog...... great..was that foto taken by you? Glad that you are back to blogging!
Yes, I took that photo myself... manual mode in a moving car...
BTW, how come up so late?
Yes, I took that photo myself... manual mode in a moving car...
BTW, how come up so late?
new bottle is good!
@Anony - Thanks! ;)
You are wrong.. Darwin's theory of evolution is taught in American Schools.Not all schools, but certainly many schools.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/97-%E2%80%93-where-and-how-evolution-is-taught-in-the-us/
@Sarah;
Thank you for bringing that to my attention. This is good information.
The objective of my statement was neither on whether it should be taught or not nor what percentage of schools teach, but more on the objectivity of what we teach our children. In the current world of fanatism & hatred, do we chose to lead our children to be one among the ones carrying that forward or can we prepare them to be resilient and compassionate - for sowing the seeds to make this a better place to live.
The previous post (http://paadamudra.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-hate-list-all-about-jeevan.html ) also needs to be read simultaneously - which will put things in perspective.
Nevertheless, thank you for correcting me with the data
BR, Santosh
Santosh: We many not be able to change the world, but we certainly can raise our children without prejudices be it state sponsored or church sponsored.
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