So, right. I used to have a different blog by the same title as this. But it was awful. So I deleted it and started this one.
We're goin' with religion for this one.
So my friend Tires did a pretty cool speech today for American Literature. It was about how only Evolution should be taught in science class. I might agree with that, but her reasons weren't entirely thought out. She said that Creationism and Intelligent Design (which are the same thing to me) weren't science, therefore didn't belong in science class. Okay. So why are we writing speeches for American Literature? Or learning more math than science in Physical Science?
What I think should happen is that we should learn why all these Creationist/Intelligent Design "theories" came into play. Like, in Greek mythology, there's all these stories about how there's monsters in the mountains. Obviously some guy didn't just dream this up because he was bored. He saw a volcano erupting. Until then, he had never seen such a thing. So he based a story after other stories he had heard (hypothesized) that there was a fire-breathing dragon in there that Zeus had captured.
Or the star that the wise men saw. There's proof that the thing existed. Like, there are ancient Chinese and Korean texts from around the same time describing a "tailless comet" that didn't move.
So yeah. Take that.
About Me
- Catharine McCook
- Catharine (Cat) McCook is a college freshman at UMN. She prides her ability to draw, but has no plans for a future career with art. She actually has red hair.
1 comment:
We learn alot of math in physical science because alot of it centers on physics, and physics (atleast the type studied in physical science) is based heavily on mathematics. Also, 'american literature' is more like general english while reading about authors who happen to be American, sometimes--speeches are fairly relevant to that class.
I think it should be said that evolution is, in fact, a theory, but I also think that matters of mythology (or, atleast, going deep into mythological studies) is best left for a seperate class.
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