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'Intelligent-design' school board ousted in Penn

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Omnivorous
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11-11-2005 8:30 AM 		Reply to: Message 6 by nator
11-10-2005 10:15 PM

Re: Robertson chimes in...
schrafinator writes:
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"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club."
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I almost wish I could believe in a just and wrathful God, just long enough to savor the notion of Robertson in His hands...but I would settle for a totally random meteor strike.
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The testimony at the recent ID trial pretty much exploded the "no implication of religion" argument. It was fascinating to watch that parade of pious zealots lie about their previous statement and actions.
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Omnivorous
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11-11-2005 8:39 AM 		Reply to: Message 2 by randman
11-09-2005 6:43 PM

Re: vpuchers are the solution
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The testing craze to improve public schools is bad because it really is not a great indicator. For example, my daughter's high school already does very well putting students into top colleges, but they have to improve every year to get an A rating. After so many years, it becomes hard to improve, and the year they didn't, there was all this pressure and teaching to the test, instead of educating imo.
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At last, randman, something we can agree on, though we find different consequences objectionable.
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Your daughter was discomfitted by too many tests; students in already poorly funded inner city schools become even more poorly educated because those schools, strangely, can't improve despite the loss of funding. The presence of voucher schools would only compound the problem.
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