“Condoms don’t belong in school, and neither does Al Gore.”
Dang. I said I wasn’t going to post anything new until at least eight more lurkers stepped forward and said hi, but this is just too juicy to keep to myself.
I don’t know where to start. Is it the fact that once again a school district has bowed to pressure like this, and restricted what teachers can tell their students? Is it having to hear every time these arguments come up that “evolution is just a theory”? And global warming is just a theory, too. Silly, silly scientists.
Should we be bothered that the parents objecting to the film apparently haven’t seen it? Sure, you gotta love the quote about condoms and Gore, but realize that these people are serious. I may just have to go write another book.
Thank you, BJ, for the link. You do seem to know what gets my blood pressure up.
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January 14th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Can Al Gore come to school if he promises to use the rhythm method?
January 14th, 2007 at 9:09 am
All those parents are really doing is helping Al Gore by making AIT seem cool. Censorship always makes the forbidden topic more enticing and any kid with a Blockbuster or Netflix membership can get ahold of the DVD.
If they wanted their children not to believe in global warming,they should’ve just let them watch in school,where the usual teen reaction would be”class movie-time to text message!” Silly parents:)
January 14th, 2007 at 9:51 am
This is my favorite line:
School Board members adopted a three-point policy that says teachers who want to show the movie must ensure that a “credible, legitimate opposing view will be presented.”
Also, you can’t tell students that unicorns don’t exist unless you present a credible, legitimate opposing view.
We’ll wait while you find one.
It was cool to see my old employer, AGU listed. They had the best weekly newspaper, and they gave it to the whole staff. My favorite headline was the one that was basically a variation on “Katrina: We Hate to say ‘We Told You So,’ But…”
January 14th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Barry, ha!
Lady T, you make an excellent point. Tell kids something is naughty, and it shoots to the top of the must-see, must-read.
Diana, unicorns don’t exist?
January 14th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Diana hit the nail with the unicorn comment.
My only ick feeling about Gore being associated with the film is that it gives the impression that this is a political issue instead of an educational/humanity one. I’d feel the same way if it were any politician. I don’t want my kids’ school endorsing political parties anymore than I would want them to endorse a religion.
January 14th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Wearing condoms prevents global warming?
January 15th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Yeah. Don’t you feel silly you didn’t realize that?
January 19th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Heather, if you don’t want political agendas being pushed in school then you should be screaming about the NSTA accepting money and teaching aids (like movies) from the oil companies.
http://bitchslappin.net/various-idiots/national-science-teachers-association-takes-big-oil-money
http://bitchslappin.net/global-corporations/nsta-burying-the-online-evidence-of-big-oil-ties