{"id":520,"date":"2008-03-31T20:26:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T01:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=520"},"modified":"2008-08-31T16:35:20","modified_gmt":"2008-08-31T20:35:20","slug":"jumping-the-gun-a-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"Jumping the gun a bit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a funny blurb up on the St. Petersburg Times website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

SENATOR QUITS: The sponsor of a measure allowing Florida teachers to espouse “alternatives” to the theory of evolution announced today that she is resigning from the Legislature to pursue a degree in paleontology.<\/p>\n

State Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Brandon, said she has changed her mind about evolution and hopes to be able to build a model of a T. rex in the lobby of the state Capitol.<\/p>\n

In reply, the president of the state Association of Science Teachers announced plans to enter a seminary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The headline says “Be sure to check the date on this news.” Of course, it’s meant for the April 1 edition … but it’s up on the website March 31 at 7:30 p.m. I guess the joke is on the paper for posting a bit too early.<\/p>\n

Oh, and speaking of April Fools<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a funny blurb up on the St. Petersburg Times website: SENATOR QUITS: The sponsor of a measure allowing Florida teachers to espouse “alternatives” to the theory of evolution announced today that she is resigning from the Legislature to pursue … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-8o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=26","url_meta":{"origin":520,"position":0},"title":"Can our teachers rely on the science standards?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 27, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida's public school science standards are not in need of a tweak or pretty makeover. 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