Comments for Pooyie 12.15.10 at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 18 May 2013 14:22:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/7468-pooyie-121510#comment-13558 Hey GMAN, Your idea of theory: an idea that isn't certain. A real-life scientist's idea of theory: an explanation of reality that has been thoroughly tested so that most scientists agree on it. Get a clue. - dimmesdale Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:31:52 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/7468-pooyie-121510#comment-13463 It's disgusting to me that Bayard-or anyone- would try to gets books into our schools that teach intelligent design. In this day and age, really? As far as we've come with science, and THAT is how they want to try and educate our students? Ridiculous. - PomegranateRed Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:30:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/7468-pooyie-121510#comment-13457 Gary, What are your thoughts on the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U Are we just doing business as usual with our education and still achieving the same bad results, chasing a ghost with No Child Left Behind? Seems to me that standardization is a one-trick pony, when our youth are more diverse. Is there a better system of evaluation that could be put into practice, rather than chasing the test scores, to authentically lead to a change of curriculum and methods that could get these peformance rates up? - Jason D. Faulk Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:49:01 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/7468-pooyie-121510#comment-13397 41% of our schools are rated a D or F. 30% of our high school students do not graduate. We're all Couillons if we don't stand up as a community and demand better. - Gary McGoffin Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:55:13 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/7468-pooyie-121510#comment-13351 I wonder, if that is brought on somewhat by the fact that the kids with the poor grade point average's are taught by example that one can coast through life and the government will give them a free ride. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:04:07 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/7468-pooyie-121510#comment-13347 It dont find that proponants of either side of the issue have a monopoly on misinformation or closed mindedness. As is usually the case, there is enough to go around. I have not seen the book and therefore am not qualified to pass judgement on it. I woould venture a guess that not many others have either. I would hope Mr Bayard has looked at it, and it sounds like the auther of this piece has. If I am mistaken in either case, please inform me. But dosent it make sense that only those who have read it would know if the authors present Darwinian theory as scientific fact or not? Which, according to this piece, was the reason Mr. Bayard objected. But then if it does present Darwinian ideas as fact, how credible is it as a science book since Darwin's ideas, and especially evolutionary theory that proceeds from it, cannot be verified using the scientific method? Remember, it is a theory, and therefore should be presented as such. - Gman Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:44:16 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/7468-pooyie-121510#comment-13315 He is probably the poster child for his church!! - i notice Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:14:41 +0100