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Theory of Evolution and Racism

Dawkins --A Dinosaur Defends the Indefensible

Other Letters and My Comments

School Choice
in African American
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Home-School Advocate

Texas Essay

Eighth Grade Test

Other Articles of Interest

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  --Sidney Hook (1902-1988), disciple of John Dewey, and champion of pragmatism and democracy

Penny has concerns about her public schools

One recent writer, "Penny," has asked what I would recommend for the education of her two children.   She has concerns about the relative quality of her public schools.   I am tempted to print her letter verbatim, because that is my standard operating procedure.  

However, in the case of Penny's letter, I am going to change a few items.  First of all, she states the name of the state where she lives.  She does this in the context of "poor schools."  I do not think it fair of me to denigrate all the public schools in that state.  Some schools in her state, I am sure, are better than others.  For that reason, I will not name the state where Penny resides.

In her letter Penny also states the corporate name of a restaurant chain.  She does this to describe the type of low-level jobs she wishes her children to avoid.  I think it would not be fair to mention by name this restaurant chain.  Therefore, I am changing the text of her letter to reflect this, and a few other concerns.   Notwithstanding the changes, I believe I do preserve the spirit and intention of her letter.

Penny begins with these words:

"Dear Goodschools::  I am trying to find the best middle and high schools for my children.   I live in a small town in [a southern state] and we have some of the worst schools in the nation.

 I don't want my kids to go without a good education.   I think that they should have more to look forward to than a career at [a fast-food restaurant].    Please advise if you know of a website for me.

--Penny

My response:

Penny's letter is not unique.  I receive a fairly large number of letters that read very much as does her letter.   This would be my advice to Penny, and to others who share her concern.

  1. Academically speaking, public schools are in trouble.   They are producing an inferior product.  Our public school students test below the students in every other industrialized nation in the world (at least in math and science).  Penny has serious reasons for her concerns.   

  2. On top of that, one common thread running through the textbooks of all public schools is the teaching of Darwin.   This means all public school students are daily subjected to Darwin's racist teachings.   As far as I am concerned, I could not with good conscience recommend a public school education; at least not without the interjection of some type of auxiliary curriculum (to counteract racism and other inferior aspects of public school curriculum).    

  3. My best recommendation is for parents to send their children to a very good private school.  Private schools, even those that are fairly pedestrian, typically produce a better product than do public schools.  If a parent can afford it, he should check around his area, and find a good, reasonably-priced private school.  

  4. Not everyone has access to a good private school, and many could not afford one even if one was available.  So, I would be quick to point out that other options are open to the diligent parent.  One of these options is to home school (click this link for Bruce's description of his home school philosophy).   There are, however, challenges associated with home schools.  For one thing, I do not think a parent should even consider this method unless at least one parent is willing to totally devote his/her days (five per week) to the project.  It is a big commitment.  Further, while it is not absolutely necessary that the teaching parent be trained as a teacher, it would certainly help.  There are a number of very good programs out there.  One of them that I like is produced by the "School of Tomorrow."   If you visit this site, you will find that it is produced by a Christian-based organization.  Some of you will consider this a negative.  That's life.  I like this program because it is comprehensive, user friendly, thorough, and is not racist.   Unfortunately, all the decent non-racist home school programs that I have reviewed are developed by Christian organizations.  I would be happy to review (and possibly recommend) a good non-Christian, non-racist program, if you know of one.  Until then, I have to stick with what works.  So, if you are offended by the fact that the "School of Tomorrow" curriculum is published by a so-called "Christian" organization, maybe you can scratch their name off the materials as you use them.  That's fine with me.   (One other reason I recommend the "School of Tomorrow" curriculum is that it is fairly-priced.)  

  5. There is one last option that I would suggest as a possibility.  While I do not know of many who do this, I think it could be made to work.  If a responsible parent works, and is not able to home school, and if there are no quality private schools available, why could not this person obtain the "School of Tomorrow" curriculum, and teach it along side the public school curriculum?  An hour and a half a day, five days a week, could work wonders.  In reality,  a child could (in my opinion) learn more from working an hour a day with this curriculum (with a responsible parent) than he would during the five or six hours spent in a public school setting.  

In Conclusion:

As parents, our single greatest responsibility is to the proper development of our children; especially with regard to our children's moral and educational well being.  Nothing we ever do will make as large an impact on our family, and on our culture, as will the training of our children.   Those of you who are not parents, or bad parents, may not understand these comments.  Penny understands me.  Penny obviously wants to be the best parent she can possibly be.   It is a safe bet her children will be very successful.  

Would you like to see other letters and my comments?

--Mike Carrier (MA, NYU--Graduate School of Arts and Science)  

 

  

 

 

 

 

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This site features a frank presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and schools in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.  Good Schools promotes good schools, and explains what is necessary to achieve good schools.  We are convinced that good schools can be obtained only with sound curriculum, which does not include the teaching of Darwin's theory of origin, or Darwin's theory of evolution.  We believe that local school boards need to be empowered, and the influence of teachers' unions ought to be limited to  labor-related issues.  Teachers' unions should have no say in curriculum. 

We are convinced that the teachings of Darwin, particularly Darwin's teachings on evolution, and Darwin's theories on origins, ought not be taught as fact.  Darwin and Darwin's theories are not generally accepted by contemporary physicists and cosmologists, and, therefore, Darwin and Darwin's theories ought not be accepted whole-cloth by our schools of education, and ought not be presented as fact in public schools. 

Because Richard Dawkins has set himself up as the number one defender of Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, we will go to some length explaining Dawkins' Darwin defenses, and we will do our best to explode Dawkins' Darwin defenses.

We seek to show from Darwin's own hand that Darwin, and Darwin's theory of evolution, are racist at the core.  Darwin was a racist,  Darwin's theory of evolution is racist, and Darwin's theory of origins is racist.

We further seek to show that Darwin's theory of evolution is not scientific.  We show that racism, more than science, was behind Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, and Darwin's theory of origins.

Some of the terms commonly used on this site are:  Darwin, Dawkins, schools, public schools, education, gun control, teachers, John Dewey, Littleton, racist, racism , school choice, African American, Sidney Hook, evolution, and Mike Carrier.

Bottom line--good schools require work.  Good schools do not just happen.  We need good schools, if we are to have a good nation.

This site features a frank presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and schools in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.  Good Schools promotes good schools, and explains what is necessary to achieve good schools.  We are convinced that good schools can be obtained only with sound curriculum, which does not include the teaching of Darwin's theory of origin, or Darwin's theory of evolution.  We believe that local school boards need to be empowered, and the influence of teachers' unions ought to be limited to  labor-related issues.  Teachers' unions should have no say in curriculum. 

We are convinced that the teachings of Darwin, particularly Darwin's teachings on evolution, and Darwin's theories on origins, ought not be taught as fact.  Darwin and Darwin's theories are not generally accepted by contemporary physicists and cosmologists, and, therefore, Darwin and Darwin's theories ought not be accepted whole-cloth by our schools of education, and ought not be presented as fact in public schools. 

Because Richard Dawkins has set himself up as the number one defender of Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, we will go to some length explaining Dawkins' Darwin defenses, and we will do our best to explode Dawkins' Darwin defenses.

We seek to show from Darwin's own hand that Darwin, and Darwin's theory of evolution, are racist at the core.  Darwin was a racist,  Darwin's theory of evolution is racist, and Darwin's theory of origins is racist.

We further seek to show that Darwin's theory of evolution is not scientific.  We show that racism, more than science, was behind Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, and Darwin's theory of origins.

Some of the terms commonly used on this site are:  Darwin, Dawkins, schools, public schools, education, gun control, teachers, John Dewey, Littleton, racist, racism , school choice, African American, Sidney Hook, evolution, and Mike Carrier.

Bottom line--good schools require work.  Good schools do not just happen.  We need good schools, if we are to have a good nation.

This site features a frank presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and schools in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.  Good Schools promotes good schools, and explains what is necessary to achieve good schools.  We are convinced that good schools can be obtained only with sound curriculum, which does not include the teaching of Darwin's theory of origin, or Darwin's theory of evolution.  We believe that local school boards need to be empowered, and the influence of teachers' unions ought to be limited to  labor-related issues.  Teachers' unions should have no say in curriculum. 

We are convinced that the teachings of Darwin, particularly Darwin's teachings on evolution, and Darwin's theories on origins, ought not be taught as fact.  Darwin and Darwin's theories are not generally accepted by contemporary physicists and cosmologists, and, therefore, Darwin and Darwin's theories ought not be accepted whole-cloth by our schools of education, and ought not be presented as fact in public schools. 

Because Richard Dawkins has set himself up as the number one defender of Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, we will go to some length explaining Dawkins' Darwin defenses, and we will do our best to explode Dawkins' Darwin defenses.

We seek to show from Darwin's own hand that Darwin, and Darwin's theory of evolution, are racist at the core.  Darwin was a racist,  Darwin's theory of evolution is racist, and Darwin's theory of origins is racist.

We further seek to show that Darwin's theory of evolution is not scientific.  We show that racism, more than science, was behind Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, and Darwin's theory of origins.

Some of the terms commonly used on this site are:  Darwin, Dawkins, schools, public schools, education, gun control, teachers, John Dewey, Littleton, racist, racism , school choice, African American, Sidney Hook, evolution, and Mike Carrier.

Bottom line--good schools require work.  Good schools do not just happen.  We need good schools, if we are to have a good nation.

This site features a frank presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and schools in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.  Good Schools promotes good schools, and explains what is necessary to achieve good schools.  We are convinced that good schools can be obtained only with sound curriculum, which does not include the teaching of Darwin's theory of origin, or Darwin's theory of evolution.  We believe that local school boards need to be empowered, and the influence of teachers' unions ought to be limited to  labor-related issues.  Teachers' unions should have no say in curriculum. 

We are convinced that the teachings of Darwin, particularly Darwin's teachings on evolution, and Darwin's theories on origins, ought not be taught as fact.  Darwin and Darwin's theories are not generally accepted by contemporary physicists and cosmologists, and, therefore, Darwin and Darwin's theories ought not be accepted whole-cloth by our schools of education, and ought not be presented as fact in public schools. 

Because Richard Dawkins has set himself up as the number one defender of Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, we will go to some length explaining Dawkins' Darwin defenses, and we will do our best to explode Dawkins' Darwin defenses.

We seek to show from Darwin's own hand that Darwin, and Darwin's theory of evolution, are racist at the core.  Darwin was a racist,  Darwin's theory of evolution is racist, and Darwin's theory of origins is racist.

We further seek to show that Darwin's theory of evolution is not scientific.  We show that racism, more than science, was behind Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, and Darwin's theory of origins.

Some of the terms commonly used on this site are:  Darwin, Dawkins, schools, public schools, education, gun control, teachers, John Dewey, Littleton, racist, racism , school choice, African American, Sidney Hook, evolution, and Mike Carrier.

Bottom line--good schools require work.  Good schools do not just happen.  We need good schools, if we are to have a good nation.

This site features a frank presentation of issues facing parents, taxpayers and schools in reforming schools in the twenty-first century.  Good Schools promotes good schools, and explains what is necessary to achieve good schools.  We are convinced that good schools can be obtained only with sound curriculum, which does not include the teaching of Darwin's theory of origin, or Darwin's theory of evolution.  We believe that local school boards need to be empowered, and the influence of teachers' unions ought to be limited to  labor-related issues.  Teachers' unions should have no say in curriculum. 

We are convinced that the teachings of Darwin, particularly Darwin's teachings on evolution, and Darwin's theories on origins, ought not be taught as fact.  Darwin and Darwin's theories are not generally accepted by contemporary physicists and cosmologists, and, therefore, Darwin and Darwin's theories ought not be accepted whole-cloth by our schools of education, and ought not be presented as fact in public schools. 

Because Richard Dawkins has set himself up as the number one defender of Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, we will go to some length explaining Dawkins' Darwin defenses, and we will do our best to explode Dawkins' Darwin defenses.

We seek to show from Darwin's own hand that Darwin, and Darwin's theory of evolution, are racist at the core.  Darwin was a racist,  Darwin's theory of evolution is racist, and Darwin's theory of origins is racist.

We further seek to show that Darwin's theory of evolution is not scientific.  We show that racism, more than science, was behind Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution, and Darwin's theory of origins.

Some of the terms commonly used on this site are:  Darwin, Dawkins, schools, public schools, education, gun control, teachers, John Dewey, Littleton, racist, racism , school choice, African American, Sidney Hook, evolution, and Mike Carrier.

Bottom line--good schools require work.  Good schools do not just happen.  We need good schools, if we are to have a good nation.