Questions for Teachers
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Questions for Teachers
More than 80% of Palestinians believe their longtime leader, Yasser Arafat, died as a result of poisoning, not natural causes. (Al-Naijah University, Jordan)
Just 13% of Americans believe humans evolved without divine help. 55% believe God created human beings exactly as they are today, and 27% think that humans evolved but that God guided the process. (CBS News)
And what percent, say of Democrats, believe that the recent election was stolen, no less than the one before, by corrupt election officials working for the Republican candidates?
And what percent of Republicans believe that liberal is a bad word, and that liberals would destroy the country if they were to gain the presidency?
So here are the questions for the teachers in our schools:
When you know that most parents are like most people, and therefore like those referred to above, what hope do you have to prevent fundamentalism and conspiracy theories from seizing the minds of your children, what hope do you have for the liberal arts? What hope do you have when you know that most of those parents did go to school through high school, and many through college, and yet reveal little of the influence of their school teachers in the arts and sciences. What hope do you have when you know that these parents reject the magnificent history of life on this earth told to us by the scientists for a fairy tale that should have remained in one’s childhood?
