one for science

[cimorene]

versaphile is right:  this is beautiful.

tammy kitzmiller et al vs. dover area school district:  a us district court case which struck down a creationist disclaimer sticker in a science textbook (this one went further than alabama's and encouraged students to voluntarily read a creationist textbook which the board purchased as well).

so long and so, so delightful.  ahhhhhhhh.

Comments

[amalthia]

man what a long case to read. I'm glad the plantiffs won this one. That school board is full of idiots. Except for the two guys that voted against.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

it is. sadly, i recognise strong similarities to my hometown schoolboard. maybe they are like this everywhere.

[southpaw526.livejournal.com]

That happened not too far from me! 'Twas in the New Yorker.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

wow, did you hear about the controversy locally? it looks like it was pretty big. and pretty hot.

and i'd totally have gone arond for months wanting to stab people in the face if that had been MY hometown. my schoolboard's awful but they're not as blatant, shameless or stupid as that. quite.

[guinevere33.livejournal.com]

That was AMAZING. My favorite footnote (from p. 46):

Throughout the trial and in various submissions to the Court, Defendants vigorously argue that the reading of the statement is not “teaching” ID but instead is merely “making students aware of it.” In fact, one consistency among the Dover School Board members’ testimony, which was marked by selective memories and outright lies under oath, as will be discussed in more detail below, is that they did not think they needed to be knowledgeable about ID because it was not being taught to the students. We disagree.

Dr. Alters, the District’s own science teachers, and Plaintiffs Christy Rehm and Steven Stough, who are themselves teachers, all made it abundantly clear by their testimony that an educator reading the disclaimer is engaged in teaching, even if it is colossally bad teaching.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! the judge is so eruditely snarky. it's HOT.

[versaphile.livejournal.com]

It so worth the read.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

it didn't even feel long, it was so fab. i enjoyed every word.