Maryland now says you aint "green" enough you don't graduate high school (global warming, wisdom)

[summers73]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Teaching an environment based curriculum is a good thing, but our public schools cannot be trusted to to so do objectively.

All the more reason to dismantle the government indoctrination centers.

^ this in a nutshell

[kevinm]

Originally Posted by summers73

How about making it an elective rather than a requirement? The crunchy granola clique can take the course together.

How about just starting a "Green Club" instead? They can hang a few posters on back of the doors in the bathroom stalls for your "reading pleasure".

[20yrsinBranson]

I have SEEN with my own two eyes the quality of "education" that children are receiving these days. It is abominable.

Most likely the test for being "environmentally literate" will be the ability to pick out a picture of a tree.

20yrsinBranson

[Frozenyo]

The right's upset about children learning a beneficial science, while at the same time claiming that reciting the pledge of allegiance every morning like German drones should be mandatory. Please. There's nothing political about science. Science only concerns itself with facts. The oil companies, their lobbyist, the politicians taking their donations and gullible voters have turned this particular science into something political.

[LauraC]

If I was Maryland, I'd worry more about the literate part of "environmentally literate."

[Frozenyo]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Teaching an environment based curriculum is a good thing, but our public schools cannot be trusted to do so objectively.

All the more reason to dismantle the government indoctrination centers.

How about we invest in our schools and focus on actually educating our children.

If you want to see indoctrination, go to catholic school or better yet watch "jesus camp"

[North Beach Person]

Just another unfunded mandate from MSDE. To a group of school systems that this year had to cut 1000's of teaching positions, dozens of administrative positions and 1000's of support staff (janitors, maintenance, etc.).

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by Frozenyo

There's nothing political about science. Science only concerns itself with facts.

That's not true at all. Science has many many facets that are not fact based. Facts can be proven. A lot of science cannot be proven.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by coastalgirl

So adding current, relevant scientific information to the high school curriculum would convince you to move out of state?

The problem becomes they will be getting a one sided story, an "Inconvenient Truth" has more holes in it than a piece of Swiss cheese yet students are shown this film as educational material.

[Frozenyo]

Originally Posted by Roadking2003

That's not true at all. Science has many many facets that are not fact based. Facts can be proven. A lot of science cannot be proven.

If it can't be backed by evidence, it aint science. See religion for example.

You obviously have no idea what science is.