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Now Any Florida Resident Can Challenge What Is Taught In Public Florida Schools (orlandosentinel.com)
New submitter zantafio shares a report from Orlando Sentinel: Any resident in Florida can now challenge what kids learn in public schools, thanks to a new law that science education advocates worry will make it harder to teach evolution and climate change. The legislation, which was signed by Gov. Rick Scott (R) last week and went into effect Saturday, requires school boards to hire an "unbiased hearing officer" who will handle complaints about instructional materials, such as movies, textbooks and novels, that are used in local schools. Any parent or county resident can file a complaint, regardless of whether they have a student in the school system. If the hearing officer deems the challenge justified, he or she can require schools to remove the material in question. The statute includes general guidelines about what counts as grounds for removal: belief that the material is "pornographic" or "is not suited to student needs and their ability to comprehend the material presented, or is inappropriate for the grade level and age group."
I mean, really, thank goodness for Florida... when something horribly embarrassing hits the news cycle, the statistically best chance it didn't happen here is you folks.
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Illiterate hicks... thinking their ignorance is just as good as the knowledge of credentialed, trained professionals?! If you're excited about that, you're probably already a Florida resident.
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"I'm here to challenge this district's use of Brave New World in the curriculum."
"Ok, here's the 'Ban Brave New World' form, goes in that stack over there. What's your objection? Promiscuity? Irreligion? Drugs? Socialism?"
"No, it's inaccurate. Huxley says Alphas belong in charge, but we seem to be doing pretty great with Epsilons running the state of Florida."
"... You can write that, but you know the Board's not going to get it, right?"
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Teaching that whatever version of "creationism" the no-nut evangelicals came up with this week is as valid as the theory of natural selection makes people stupider than rocks.... and almost as stupid as you. We should be hefting an added tax on all religious organizations to pay for all the care the fucking idiots they're producing from this bullshit are going to need because they won't even be able to compete with a fucking half blind pet monkey from Vietnam.
Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. See also: NAZI's
They may not be the greatest at this point, but intentionally making them worse is just fucking stupider than shit.... the level of stupider than shit you seem to spout pretty much all the time. I really do not understand if you hate this country so much, what the fuck are you still doing here?
Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. See also: NAZI's
Letting retarded parents question the teaching of evolution in biology classes is surely going to alleviate this problem...
It impacts your credibility if you're talking about that and you don't know what apostrophes are for.
He is criticizing the education system. So the fact that he failed to learn how to use apostrophes properly actually strengthens his argument that the system is defective.