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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Tarara
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:59 AM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] The attack on science is political, not
philosophical
I'm less concerned about motivations than what I perceive to be the
purpose
of public education. In my mind, it is to serve the society as a
Itto
is paid for by the tax-payers. A student's parents are a VERY small
subset
of that society and therefore I have problems with parents being able
optcan
their children out of portions of that education. In many cases they
even opt their children out of special education that has beendiagnosed
asof
needed by the child. Parents, of course have the 'right' to opt out
public education altogether--private school, home schooling--butselective
opt-outs should not, IMO, be part of the public system.control,
Rick
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Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN
rtarara@saintmarys.edu
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Mackey" <jmackey@harding.edu>
I'm glad to know that Alfredo knows all parents who might object to
evolutional teaching and that their interest is in power and
knowinginstead of what they (right or wrong) believe to be in the bestinterests
of
their children. I can relax secure in the knowledge that an all
authority ( tic) has spoken!
James Mackey
On 1/13/08, Alfredo Louro <louro.alfredo@gmail.com> wrote:
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