{"id":475,"date":"2008-02-19T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=475"},"modified":"2008-08-06T09:17:44","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T13:17:44","slug":"onward-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"onward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>martinez&#8211;you are trying to water down standards. audience outburst. fair calls for order. martinez points out the nature of science standards. those encourage discussion. keeps referring to experts and is ticked that experts were shut out at last minute. don&#8217;t water this down! we&#8217;re not scientists. why our opinions over experts?<\/p>\n<p>callaway&#8211;I have a religious identity. but not why on this board. I put kids first. serious obligation. open heart and mind. stance nothing to do with religion. deny right of freedom to students? 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