{"id":1224,"date":"2010-09-06T21:09:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T01:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2010-09-06T21:09:45","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T01:09:45","slug":"what-would-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1224","title":{"rendered":"What would you do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you do when your child comes home and tells you that a science teacher is possibly using creationist talking points in the classroom? Follow along as Dale McGowan handles exactly that situation. Keep an eye on his blog for the latest updates. Here’s part one: Science Interrupted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He did this whole thing with overheads, and a bunch of it just didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make any sense,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This one overhead said something like\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Connor paused to remember the wording. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcExperiments and evidence in the present can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell us anything about the distant past.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What do you do when your child comes home and tells you that a science teacher is possibly using creationist talking points in the classroom? Follow along as Dale McGowan handles exactly that situation. 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