4th grade Science test - please tell me this is not real

[proud2BlibKansan]

[spanone]

1. making our children stupid. where in our universe does this 'science' exist?

[MineralMan]

5. It's not in our universe, you see.

It's in Heaven. We spoiled everything by being born in sin, and will never see Heaven unless we believe shit like this. At least that's what the morons who are teaching this extreme young Earth creationism to children are promoting.

This is why I support mandatory basic knowledge testing of all students, whether educated in public, private, or home schools. The ignorance and false information being taught to some of our children is beyond unconscionable.

[Coyotl]

138. South Carolina

http://imgur.com/a/pPJmj#0

I searched the file name and found the link above. This thing has gone viral, but there is not much consensus on veracity.

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/1crzuz/actual_4th_grade_science_test_from_a_school_in_sc/c9jpve4?context=3

http://everyotherdomainwastaken.wordpress.com/tag/quiz/

?w=630

Anyway, I cannot verify that it is real, but one person on the web claims it is.

[Cleita]

2. I hope it's not true. n/t

[NYC_SKP]

7. It's true. It's available on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Genesis-Gospel-Ken-Ham/dp/B000EGZ4XS

[Cleita]

8. I guess we a raising another generation of dumbass Tea Baggers

from the bottom up.

[lunasun]

18. a dinosaur holding the bible - maybe it's only a metaphor......? unlikely I know........

[TeamPooka]

159. lol I thought that too "a dinosaur and a bible." like peanut butter and chocolate. nt

[EOTE]

162. Raptor Jesus died for your sins.

[Botany]

19. and after reading that then the class can go to the Kentucky creation museum

Last edited Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:05 PM - Edit history (1)

that shows when dinos played w/ people



and Adam and Eve were white people and used not only shampoo but conditioner and cream rinse too



edit botany = wight people

[niyad]

34. they changed that first diorama--the first time I saw a pic of it, the female was wearing a frilly

white blouse, and the dino had a saddle.

[penndragon69]

91. Since A&E were free of sin....

That means they were free of filth and head lice, until that little
Bitch forced Adam to eat of the apple.

(this proves that apple computers are a work of the DEVIL !)

[mikeytherat]

132. Can't tell if it's Kenny Loggins or Dan Fogelberg, but that's definitely a '70s album cover!

mikey_the_rat

[progressoid]

135. It's Bob Seger.

He's making some Night Moves on her.

[napkinz]

142. Well if it's from the 70s it must be Afternoon Delight

[progressoid]

143. Noooooooooooo!

[mikeytherat]

145. He woke last night to the sound of thunder. "How far off?" he sat and wondered.

mikey_the_rat

[FreeBC]

29. That doesn't look like a child's printing to me.

Where's the proof that test is in that book?

I think it's a fake.

[proud2BlibKansan]

40. I'm an elementary teacher. That could be a 4th grader's handwriting.

But I do hope this is fake.

[FreeBC]

110. I stand corrected

[1monster]

49. Absolutely LOVE this review from the Amazon link above:

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow...brainwashing has never been so fun! April 21, 2013
By Ramsey

When we were looking for a way to lie out right to our children and keep them in the dark about the actual workings of life on Earth, this was the perfect video for us. With fun characters and great music, we were able to indoctrinate our children into a way of thinking that should have gone away in the bronze age. If you want your kids to believe in fairy tales and hocus pocus with no factual basis whatsoever, this is the best place to start!

[Snarkoleptic]

61. Ken Ham? Isn't he the founder of the creation museum?

Charlie Pierce does a nice job dissecting this BS in "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free"

[Warren DeMontague]

117. He trolls DU every once in a while. True story.

I got to ban him, my last turn on MIRT. It was fun.

[Coyotl]

140. Outside a real Creationist Paleontology Museum

Along a highway in South Dakota. The artist was having some fun with the owners, putting a cowboy on the dinosaur.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

90. There's apparently an entire industry of these biblical dinosaur books

http://www.christianbook.com/the-truth-about-dinosaurs/9781607022817/pd/222817?en=google-pla&kw=homeschool-0-20&p=1167941&gclid=CJ2Ckc6i3LYCFceDQgodggwAQA


I think it would make a very funny and entertaining gift to a liberal, as a joke book for their coffee table.

[pauliedangerously]

122. The Top Two Reviews are Funny!!

Final statement of the first one:

"So, if your fondest wish is to risk ruining your child's life, by all means expose them to this mindless twaddle."

[cui bono]

130. OMG that makes me so mad. Really, this should be illegal.

Free speech... yeah, I know... but my gawd.

One reviewer said he believes that dinosaurs were created during creation... and maybe the dragons in the medieval times were actually dinos?

[MineralMan]

11. Oh, it's true. In home schools all across the

country, this is what passes for a textbook on science. This is what many children are learning as if it were true. This is why home-schooling needs some regulation and testing of students who are being home-schooled.

Teaching children the crap that is represented by this quiz should be a criminal offense, in my opinion. It is planting a seed that will destroy this nation.

[October]

25. Lots of progressive liberals are home schooling too

And we don't teach such lessons. My 16-year-old son just did a college-level course on black holes.

Our curriculum is approved yearly by our local district, and they review his work every spring. In addition, he is evaluated by a certified teacher.

Pennsylvania law.

I might add that they are always impressed by the diversity of his education.

He is home schooled because he is an aspiring dancer who travels to NYC every day to train.

We're not all nut jobs.

[MineralMan]

26. Yes. I'm aware of that. And testing of home-schooled kids would

demonstrate your care in teaching true stuff to your children, as it would for all home-schoolers who are teaching actual factual information. It would also identify the children who are being fed garbage like this creationism nonsense.

I have nothing whatever against the concept of home-schooling. What I'm opposed to is home-nonschooling. Children need to learn actual facts, not religious mythology. It's essential.

Your situation is certainly not what I'm talking about, and I'm sure you know that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

41. Lots of Christian fundamentalists homeschool though.

I suspect they outnumber the progressives. I know they do here where I live.

[mountain grammy]

52. where I live too, and this is the crap they teach...

the kids are prepared to be nothing but preachers or leaders of white supremist militias.

[proud2BlibKansan]

56. They are a huge lobbying group here.

So we have very weak regulations for homeschooling and they are rarely enforced.

It's really tragic. Many of these kids eventually end up back in traditional schools and they are woefully behind their peers. At least, that's been my experience.

[MattBaggins]

93. That is what happens most of the time

We are sold the BS stories of the .0000000001% of home school kids who have wealthy parents and make it to the national spelling bee.

When I was young all the home school kids were the ones kicked out of every school in the county. Not bad kids, but horrible parents.

[xtraxritical]

62. I say great, let them turn their kids into morons and imbeciles. It

will be so much easier for progressive's to seize the reins of power. It's a very good thing. Let them shoot themselves in the foot.

[Flatulo]

70. Yeah, but then we'll all have to support these morons who won't have developed a rational

thought process.

Propagating ignorance helps no one.

[MattBaggins]

95. I have family members who home school this very crap

They then complain when they can't get hired anywhere decent.

[raccoon]

96. One of those morons and imbeciles might be POTUS one day--it's already happened.nt

[xtraxritical]

106. Yeah, who was that?

[raccoon]

119. Check out this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022730434

What's your sig mean?

[xtraxritical]

127. I get your drift but the Shrub was not home schooled.

It's hard to pick names that's the best I could do on short notice.

[October]

126. I'm afraid you're probably correct.

I know we're not the majority, but we are out here. Most of us, though, seem (!) to have kids involved in different activities that don't fit in with the traditional school hours.

[keroro gunsou]

148. actually...

you're the worst kind of nut job... a smart, sane one.

yes, i am complimenting you, the visual medium does not do wonders for a facetious tone of voice

[October]

150. lol

Thanks, I appreciate the support.

And, that "little red devil" is perfect for the facetious tone!

[Cleita]

73. My science text books in grammar school had the Piltdown man as

scientific fact even though by then it had been proven to be a hoax. Of course, this was right after WWII so the text books were really old. Our teachers though never said it was a hoax and never told us to ignore it. I was in high school before I learned that it wasn't true.

I agree, we need some laws covering this. Teaching kids bogus science will interfere with their futures, if they want to become scientists or even medical doctors. There really needs to be a crack down on this BS. I don't think home schooling should be allowed either unless a parent is a certified teacher or there is a governess hired who is a certified teacher.

[MineralMan]

75. While outdated information is a problem, it's not the same thing.

All that is needed is a simple test on what kids know, given sometime in the elementary school age group. If it show that the child is learning patently false information, like the garbage in that test, then the child should be sent to public school and more home-schooling would not be allowed for that child in that situation.

That's all that is needed, but it is needed badly.

[Cleita]

77. Anything however little would be an improvement over the situation today. n/t

[skepticscott]

83. If people deliberately taught their children

blatant falsehoods on any other subject (like drilling them over and over that 3 x 9= 39, or that the world is hollow and aliens are living inside) you'd be justified in calling that child abuse. But when it's religion, calling that child abuse gets you branded a bigot by the brain-dead apologists.

[MineralMan]

86. They're welcome to call me anything they choose.

I'll respond in kind. Such people are complete morons, and are failing to teach their children well or correctly. If it were left up to me, I'd make their children wards of the state and see that they got some semblance of a decent education.

I don't care what someone's religion is or how they worship whatever it is they worship. I do care about their children, though.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Gosh, no wonder our education system is going to hell. Please tell me this is a

joke done by the Onion.

[amuse bouche]

4. Future Republicans

[MattBaggins]

6. Wow number 7 is the only correct answer on the test

[jberryhill]

10. "Name" and "Date" may have been correct

[woo me with science]

9. I think I found the source:

The title's the same, anyway. It appears to be an an "educational" DVD set:

http://www.christianbook.com/dinosaurs-genesis-the-gospel/pd/00154X



Creepy video at the link.

[bvar22]

53. Very creepy video at the link....scary,

complete with the banjo music from Deliverance,
and Pavlovian conditioning for the "lessons".

[exboyfil]

12. Check it out

http://www.answersingenesis.org/store/product/dinosaurs-genesis-gospel/?sku=30-9-089

A cute T-Rex holding the Holy Bible.

[Teamster Jeff]

13. And we're supposed to fear Muslims?

Our homegrown fundie morons are way more of a threat

[SylviaD]

94. Don't be ridiculous.

I feel pity for the children learning this "science", and I feel shame for their parents. But they aren't going to bomb anyone like the extreme Islamist fundies.

[MattBaggins]

97. Someday they will. Mark my words

[MH1]

124. No, but will harm us in more subtle ways

Like climate change denial, spreading their ignorance, and preventing women from exercising control over their own reproduction.

Not as dramatic as violent terrorism, but still will cause a lot of suffering.

[MountainLaurel]

125. Tell that to Robert Sanderson's survivors and to Emily Lyons n/t

[cui bono]

133. They already have, they've bombed health clinics. And they've murdered doctors.

Of course they are dangerous.

[Starry Messenger]

144. Bookmarking this post.

[Jackpine Radical]

155. Where do abortion clinic bombers come from?

McVeigh?

[Capt. Obvious]

163. O'rly?

[hobbit709]

14. Idiocracy is a documentary.

[lunasun]

23. +1

[lpbk2713]

15. Employment test for Faux Snooze news readers.

[exboyfil]

16. Opportunity to kill some brain cells

Dinosaurs, Genesis and the Gospel



http://vimeo.com/8917357

[JHB]

22. It's too nice a Sunday morning for 45 minutes of that. n/t

[LeftishBrit]

17. Wow. I assume this is a minority of private school/home-schooled kids and doesn't represent

American education in general; but still it's SCARY.

And how will the children brought up like that be able to get into university, get jobs, and generally survive in the modern world?

[exboyfil]

21. You need to come to the states and see something

that could only be duplicated in a fundamentalist Muslim community - the Creation Museum located in the middle of the Bible Belt.

[kestrel91316]

79. This is what the majority of homeschooled kids are taught.

Where do you think we get all our batshit crazy elected representatives from?

[jeff47]

111. They're creating their own universities

such as "Bob Jones University".

As for jobs, basic science and history aren't required for most jobs.

[jberryhill]

151. It's pretty standard "Christian school" fare

[LeftishBrit]

153. Yikes.

Not the case in the UK: even church schools have to teach the 'national curriculum' in science, which means that you are NOT marked correct if you say that people and dinosaurs lived at the same time!

Though now that we have all the promotion of academies and free schools (British versions of charter schools), I fear that a little of this nonsense may slip through thenet.

[jberryhill]

154. Free Exercise of Religion

If your religion teaches 1 + 1 =5 and that's how you educate your children, the US government has no business interfering in the free exercise of your religious beliefs.

[niyad]

20. I was really hoping this was from the Onion

[freshwest]

128. It freaks me out. We knew more than this in the fifties in Texas. The stupid is scaring me.

[niyad]

24. a "science quiz" for people who think "the flintstones" was a documentary.

but even the flintstones got a few things right. in one scene, they are at the grand canyon, which is this small little creek. fred looks at it and says something like, "well, it isn't much now, but it'll be a big thing one day."

[peace13]

27. Church school at it's finest.

My niece went to a church school and her spelling words were all Bible related. I wondered if she would ever learn a useful word.

[CountAllVotes]

36. My niece has a master's degree

She is supposedly a teacher and decided she did not like this job after HER PARENTS paid god only knows how many $$$ to send her to college.

I got a note from her recently and yes, it was illiterate as hell. Impressed? NOT!

I did not have such convenience in my life. I was told by my parents, "We don't have money for that "college crap"." So, I did it on my own with no help, working full-time and going to school at night and on the weekends. I am a published writer btw and yep, I did it all by myself.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

146. +1 Keep going!

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. I went to Catholic elementary school. It wasn't like this at all.

We learned real Science and hardly ever talked about the bible.

[caseymoz]

57. Catholics don't cling to a literal interpretation . . .

. . . of the Bible. There are Catholic fundamentalists, but it means something different than insisting the Bible is literal.

[xtraxritical]

65. I got my degree from one of the top Jesuit schools on the East coast

and, believe me, it was rigorous and no bs.

[proud2BlibKansan]

71. My dad taught at a Jesuit school for most of my childhood

I remember the Jesuits as being fairly liberal.

[xtraxritical]

109. Well yeah they were pretty liberal, we had a beer/wine hall on campus and

often they would have big parties on the quad with trucks with beer taps on them. I went back in 2011 and all that had changed! The course load I took was way serious and all my profs. were Phds at the junior/senior level. I know they still run the best schools in the country, I went back to check!
BTW, it was The Catholic University of America (CUA).

[pscot]

72. Our 6th grade history taught the God rescued

Meshak, Ishak and Abednigo from the fiery furnace and sealed the lions mouth to save Daniel: the Babylonian Captivity. The nuns professed to believe it, but I knew better at age 11.

[W T F]

28. Ministry of Truth, Double plus good

[Baitball Blogger]

30. The future of this planet is in grave jeopardy.

[LWolf]

31. This is pretty common in private xtian schools,

and has been for at least a generation.

I did an undergraduate project some decades ago that involved visiting local private schools, viewing curriculum, and comparing/contrasting with local public school curriculum. I saw a lot of this kind of thing.

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. I've had quite a few homeschooled kids who returned to traditional school.

I had one several years ago whose mom shared his work with me. She wanted me to see what he had been doing at home. It was all workbooks filled with busywork. 100 Math problems per page in his Math workbook, 50 Spelling words every week, Reading comprehension exercises involving bible verses that were written in some ancient English language (reminded me of Chaucer). It was pretty bizarre.

[LWolf]

50. Yes.

They buy this stuff from private christian publishers, convinced that it offers an adequate education.

[cantbeserious]

32. Surprise, Surprise - The Fundies Have Won

eom

[Bernardo de La Paz]

147. Nope.

[cantbeserious]

149. What Other Conclusion Can Be Drawn With The State Of Education As Displayed

eom

[treestar]

33. At least some of those kids are going to grow up and

go out in the world, find out the truth and be pretty pissed about having been taught such drivel.

[xtraxritical]

66. Exactly, it's a great thing for Progressives. Be pleased that they diminish

themselves like this, encourage it.

[seabeyond]

35. not public schools. looks to be the material provided for christian private. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

47. I would hope so.

But you can never tell nowadays.

[L0oniX]

37. Religious helicopter parent propaganda & make your kid feel good with an A+

A moran would not past this test because even they know better.

[Johonny]

38. Regents University needs future students too.

How are we ever going to fill our future DA office under Jeb Bush without such scholars?

[gristy]

39. This does not look like a real test at all

It looks much more like something someone put together to post on the internets to try to make a point (exactly what the point is, I'm not sure) and to get people riled up (a wild success, apparently).

[mbperrin]

64. If you were a public school teacher, you would know better.

Here's a page from inside another dinosaurs in Eden "textbook"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/customer-gallery/A7W339XNKTQ6B

Happens all the time in our area - parents "homeschool" their kids until the kids get bigger and more demanding of time and trouble, then they are dumped back into public school about junior high time. There are no regulations whatsoever about homeschooling in Texas - you sign a paper that says your child is not a dropout, but is being homeschooled, and that's it.

I had one parent in high school years ago who pulled his daughter back out after I did not agree to teach the Holocaust as a hoax.

Just Google around Amazon for a while on Christian homeschooling, and you'll lose that smug attitude you're radiating this morning.

[gristy]

81. I wonder why the heading "4th grade science test" is on the paper

Certainly this is not the only test in the fourth grade, and so the heading is quite odd.
I see there is both a numeric and a letter grade on the test. That seems unusual and redundant.

And do have a nice day! If I appear so smug to you that you must jab me with your opinion to make yourself feel good, I'll take that as a small consolation to your insult.

[mbperrin]

108. Again: these materials are not from nor for professional educators. These are made up for homeschool

people who want to believe that the earth is 6,000 years old.

I'm not trying to insult you at all. Obviously, you have not met any of these folks, and as a public school teacher in charge of picking up the pieces when they tire of their project, I've seen literally hundreds. These dangerous folks are no myth, nor are they unimportant or uninfluential.

But do feel free to ignore me and others who actually deal with this and just continue to think it's a satire. Did you at least look at Amazon where these things are sold?

[proud2BlibKansan]

114. There's nothing unusual about that heading

The numeric and letter grade is the norm where I teach.

[judesedit]

42. How sad. For teachers to be told they have to teach this without teaching facts. Koch funded school

Looks more like 2nd grade work than 4th to me. In Europe the kids in 4th are already learning algebra. Check out "the Dumbing Down of America" on your browser. Click on any or many of the links that are provided. Get educated so you know what's going on in this country.

[judesedit]

44. The "Dumbing Down of America" at its best

Do your research, people

[Shrike47]

45. It's both scary and sad.

This kind of 'education' sure limits a child's potential in so many fields.

[backscatter712]

48. This is why Americans graduate from high school with a functional 4th grade education.

THE STUPID! IT BURNS!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

54. In all fairness,

most newspapers and other material regularly read by adults are written at about a 5th grade reading level. So you can get by with a 4th grade level of mastery.

That of course doesn't begin to excuse lying to our kids in Science class.

[MattBaggins]

99. Is that perhaps flipping cause and effect?

News and magazine periodicals write at a 5th grade level, because that is the reading level of average Americans.

[mbperrin]

67. Nope. Public high school students in Texas need 26 credits to graduate.

Including physics, senior English, Algebra 2, and 2 years of foreign language. NOT ONE of which was required with the 17 credits I graduated with in 1971 right here in the great state of Texas.

There is a large group being held hostage by their parents with no accountability whatsoever, and that is tragic.

[exboyfil]

85. At least here not all credits are equal

My daughter took an APEX Economics class on her own to clear up her schedule next year. It was not a very well presented course, but she did have to do some studying to take the proctored tests (online and written). Overall I feel she got a pretty good understanding of Economics. She reports that several of her classmates are now taking the same class for repeat credit (they did not pass the High School version of the course). They only have to take the online version (not the written portion), and they are allowed to refer to their notes (basically summary sheets with all the concepts as fill in the blanks).

The Honors courses and AP courses at her High School are very rigorous (actually harder than her community college courses). They do not have weighted GPAs so the really good students are somewhat penalized (that is ok since the really top students take AP and Honors and get As anyway). We are a little concerned that she might get less than an A in one of her college classes which will throw her out of the top 5% (she already has one A-). If that happens then she becomes ineligible for partial state college scholarship even though she will graduate with at least 50 hours of college credit - most of it applicable to an engineering degree.

[NoPasaran]

51. Godzilla died for our sins

[SomeGuyInEagan]

78. "Laugh? I thought I'd cry."

Seriously, copyright that one and start printing up t-shirts. Made my day.

[msanthrope]

55. Gotta be homeschooling materials. nt

[mountain grammy]

58. The worst part is "vouchers for private schools" paid for with public tax money

private tax money going to Christian schools teaching this bullshit..
When I grew up there were public schools or Catholic schools or rich kid private schools. I interacted with kids and teachers from public and Catholic.. Catholic schools had their share of religion, but when it came to teaching science, math, history, English, they used the same textbooks we did. Guess they weren't "real Christians."

[xtraxritical]

68. That is really a very good argument for taxing these churches, thanks!

[dems_rightnow]

59. Not a good enough hoax for fool most

That's my opinion.

[enki23]

82. Hoax? What would be the point in hoaxing something that happens thousands of times a day?

I call hoax on that weather report! Few people would be so gullible as to believe it rained in April!

[gristy]

92. yep

We do have a problem with creationism being taught in the name of science, but I doubt this is a legitimate example of this.

[bvar22]

60. Thats NOT History,

[font size=3]Its The FLINTSTONES!





A complete work of Cartoon Fiction,
just like THIS one!

[/font]

[MOTRDemocrat]

63. That is fucking disgusting. nt

[Jamastiene]

69. Is our children learning?

B*sh once asked with the question phrased very similar to my subject line.

Some are learning THAT, apparently. smh

[Arugula Latte]

74. Religion - Promoting Ignorance for Thousands of Years

[City Lights]

76. Looks like Uhmerika will win the race to the bottom.

is wrong with the people approving this crap?

[jwirr]

80. Years ago - early 1950s - I had a science teacher who told us ahead of time that either answer would

be accepted as correct. That was long before the church decided it was in possession of a text book instead of a religious book.

[mzmolly]

84. Must be Fundi curriculum

for a private or home-school?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

87. How old do they think Earth is?

[proud2BlibKansan]

88. I'm afraid to ask

[Rosa Luxemburg]

89. They don't account for Silverfish being on Earth for billions of years

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

98. How did Noah get 10 million pairs of insect species into the Ark?

[Warren DeMontague]

118. The most prominent Creation Scientists have Scientific Debates on the precise Scientific number

it's either 5,000 years or 6,004.

Science!

[ileus]

100. I only want to know the "Seven Cs of History,"

I bet I've been missing something all my life....that one connection that would tie everything together.

[HarveyDarkey]

101. Hey, we still need ditch diggers and grease trap cleaners.

Now we know where to go get them!

[colsohlibgal]

102. Positively Criminal Brainwashing

The zealots pushing this are quite mad, pushing the nonsense that there is no proof of evolution and that carbon dating is somehow wrong.

Only in America, at least on any kind of scale.

Religious fanatics have caused so much harm through the ages, burning women at the stake, etc, and now this.

[xocet]

103. Further Information...

The image was seemingly posted originally on reddit by user puskunk. Here is some of the related discussion:

Actual 4th grade science test from a school in SC by puskunk in atheism

1 point 7 minutes ago
I don't want the kid to get in trouble, so I am keeping that under my hat until June when school is over.

1 point 10 minutes ago
The friend was livid, he doesn't believe this shit either.

1 point 48 minutes ago
You mean the War Between the States?

1 point 1 hour ago
Yeah, it's private. I went to SC public school also and got a decent education.

2 points 1 hour ago
No.

1 point 1 hour ago
Yes, I know what school, but I am not publicizing it since it is a small school and I don't want any publicity that might reflect badly on the kid. I took the picture on my iPhone.

http://www.reddit.com/user/puskunk

There is a second image at imgur that shows an additional question that has been answered:

[Jim Lane]

129. "The next time someone says Jesus rose from the dead, what can you say?"

The fundies might want to rethink a test entry that encourages even a whiff of critical thinking. Who knows where that might lead.

[cui bono]

134. Okay, #18 is proof that they are not interested in educating, just indoctrinating.

Makes me furious. This cannot continue.

[Apophis]

104. I feel bad for that kid because he/she is going to be stupid.

He/she is going to get laughed at in college, if he/she can even get in.

This is criminal.

[jeff47]

112. Don't worry, the fundies are creating their own colleges and universities. (nt)

[Apophis]

113. Touché.

The kid can be a Doctor of Theology or something stupid and pointless like that.

[Jamaal510]

105. The Tea Party's new slogan: "KEEPING IT STUPID 2013!"

Test results like these are exactly what Perry and other 'Bagger govs want in their states.

[OwnedByCats]

107. Wow

I don't remember learning that in elementary school or bible school lol. In my day we were left with trying to figure out the discrepancy. So eventually I had to ask my father "if God created the earth in 7 days, how were dinosaurs here millions of years before man?". While my parents believe in a higher power, they never attend church and rarely discuss religion. I was taken to bible class by grandparents. However my father's explanation was far more reasonable than what I'm seeing being taught today.

[Warren DeMontague]

115. I saw that, too.

They forgot the quotes around "Science".

[AlinPA]

116. Is that in Kansas? Texas or Oklahoma?

[proud2BlibKansan]

120. Link says SC

http://imgur.com/a/pPJmj#0

[AlinPA]

121. Thanks.

[sakabatou]

136. I wonder if it was a private or public school

It'd make the kid stupid either way.

[KansDem]

157. T.K.O. has a new meaning...

Before it was "Technical Knock Out," and used to denote the end of a boxing match.

Now we have "Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma," to denote when the match is over.

Q: Hey, what happened to Social Security?"
A: T.K.Oed

Q: What happened to women's control over their own bodies?
A: T.K.Oed

Q: Oh, no! What happened to workers' rights?
A: T.K.Oed

[proud2BlibKansan]

160. +1

[napkinz]

123. Oh, if only Bill Maher had been aware of this

when he made "Religulous"

(I'd love to see his take on this!)

[HiPointDem]

131. i've actually seen a test very similar to that one laying about in an after-school program run

by a local church. homeschoolers.

you can thank the education deformers.

[napkinz]

161. Take your children to the Bush Library!

"Is our children learning?"

[Coyotl]

137. Faith in a BIG LIE requires a lot of secondary lies to maintain the BIGGIE

Of course, the weirder the lies, the likelier that the poorly educated youth will reject the Big Lie when coming of age in the secular world.

[woo me with science]

141. +1

[Coyotl]

139. Book Review Contest

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022733800

Here's a chance to exercise those liberal arts writing skills.

[Rider3]

152. We are a doomed society

[wet.hen88]

156. visualize the future!

What will this sort of teaching bring down on us in the future? Will we be in the same mess Middle Easterners, with education, are subjected to from the Islamic fundamentalists? If children are educated? this way, what will be our future? We're going BACKWARDS!

[oberliner]

158. This is the real deal - here is a clip of the video that goes with it

It's from this DVD series:

http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Genesis-Gospel-Ken-Ham/dp/B000EGZ4XS/ref=cm_cmu_pg_t

In the Youtube clip, several of the questions are specifically addressed in the video.

Don't know if this was assigned in a school - but it is a real quiz from a real source.

[napkinz]

164. Dinosaurs and the Bible - this is Genesis Week, Episode 13

edit:

So who is Ian Juby?

"Ian Juby is the founder of Canada’s first Creation Museum, the traveling Creation Science Museum of Canada. He is also the founder and president of the International Creation Science SIG for members of Mensa International, and a member of Mensa himself. In 2007 he took on the presidency of Citizens for Origins Research and Education, in Ottawa, Ontario."

http://creationsciencehalloffame.org/living/ian-juby/


Mensa & Creationism ... something ain't kosher.

[napkinz]

165. kick

because EVERYONE needs to see this story!