Im Texas born and raised and im a current Texas resident and this is the first i have ever heard of it.
however i think clarity is lacking in this fairly one sided "blog" because one could hardly call this hard line news.
if im not mistaken, this woman wants the schools to teach as they have been teaching - however with the small addition that "due to religious reasons there are those out there believe that the earth was created 6,000 years ago"
i dont think any Texas Legislature would vote to approve this as the SOLE curriculum for Texas Students.
however, that wouldnt surprise me entirely.
- this sort of thing is the very reason that Private Schooling is a BOOMING business here in Texas. There are 5 or 6 very nice private schools within a 15 mile radius of my home - all filled to capacity with little over achievers.
we go on and on about kids these days... but there is hope, one of my student pilots is 16 years old. He is in Agriculture club, the Future Farmers of America, he is on the A-B Honor Roll, he is in Band, student council, Athletics, an avid outdoorsman and hunter, and of course is learning to fly airplanes.
Another of my students some years ago was a 17 year old high school student, every day he dressed in khaki pants, with a tucked in collared button up shirt, his writing and speaking skills were very non-typical of an average 17 year old... he had then and still has today a very "common sense" approach to life in general.
wen it comes to students growing up in this world you have to realize... There are those destined for greatness, there are those who become great through hard work, and there are those who are destined to clean up crap and dig ditches all day long.
it has been that way forever... and it will be that way forever more
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