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Statement to the Ninth Grade There have recently been a spate of incidents
involving recalcitrant school boards acting to mitigate the risk that a student
might actually come out of Biology class thinking that there is something to
this Evolution idea. In Georgia they are putting stickers in the textbooks, and
even in Blue PA a canned statement is being read to students in the 9th grade
science class, which happens to have a textbook mentioning Darwin. (Just so you
know, this is in Dover, the in Red area outside of PA’s bright Blue cities.) The
science teachers have refused to read the school board’s statement, so the
assistant superintendent is making the rounds. The statement has not been widely
published, but SherWright.com brings you the text as an exclusive scoop! Here is
is: “Hello Boys and Girls. I’ve stopped by today to talk about facts and
theories. There are some things people know for sure, and some things people
aren’t sure about. We call the things we know for sure “facts” or “truth.” For
example, I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Gospel truth.” The things we’re not
sure about we call theories. For example, maybe you’ve seen on TV how the police
sometimes have a theory on who committed a crime. Of course, we don’t put people
in jail because of theories. First there has to be proof, like finding the DNA
of the criminal on the crime weapon. Even that’s not good enough. To be
absolutely sure we’ve got the truth we get twelve people together in a group
called a jury. They have to totally agree that someone is guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt before the police’s theory is accepted as fact. Now you learned
in science class that science is about facts, so you are probably wondering why
we even talk about theories, which as we just said are maybe true, maybe not.
You have studied many things in this class that are clearly facts, for example
that there are creatures called lions, tigers, and all the other creatures on
Noah’s Ark. Why can’t science class just stick to the facts? We teach you about
theories just in case some day you want to become a scientist. Scientists spend
their day trying to prove and disprove theories. What do we mean by disprove?
This means to find evidence that a theory really isn’t true. Showing that a
theory is not true is just as important an activity for scientists as showing
that the theory might be true. For example, maybe if one of you were to become a
scientist, you might be the one to prove that evolution isn’t true. Think how
famous that scientist would be! In the meantime, thank God we live in a country
where all points of view, even unproven theories like evolution, can be
mentioned, even if most people in America believe it is wrong. As a quick
review, does everyone remember when I talked about how in a jury every single
person has to agree for the verdict to be considered the truth? Good luck with
your science studies, and your school board would like you to know how proud we
would be if one of you were to become a famous scientist! |
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