R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut.
I enjoyed your bitter coated sugar pills.
Thank you.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
400 and evolution
According the the Blogger dashboard, this is post number 400. I don't really know if there is any real relevance to this but I just thought I'd mention it, if I were a real blogger I'd probably direct you to my Amazon wish list and say "buy me something". I'm not a real blogger.
This is an interesting map. It's a map of the where and to what degree evolution (as far as state standards) is being taught in the U.S. What I don't get is how in the hell my home state of Indiana is at the top of the heap when it comes to teaching evolution? Although I will admit that it seems I managed to get a pretty decent education out of my K-12 system back in Indiana. Of course, by this point in my life it's hard to remember what I learned then and what I've learned since then. I do distinctly remember learning about Eugene V. Debs in High School, and realizing after graduating that very few others knew about him. How the hell I even remember the name to this day is beyond me.
What strikes me as odd is that Indiana as a fairly well deserved reputation as a conservative state but unlike other fully conservative states, Indiana has these strange quirks. Like the evolution thing and that Hoosiers often tend to elect Democratic governors. Due to the industrialization of the north and central portions of the state there are also long, proud labor union traditions. Not mention that Indianapolis spat out Kurt Vonnegut who is the furthest thing from conservative.
Actually, when I think about it Colorado seems to have similar quirky tendencies. Maybe it's just that whole can't judge a book by it's cover thing.
Oh well.
This is an interesting map. It's a map of the where and to what degree evolution (as far as state standards) is being taught in the U.S. What I don't get is how in the hell my home state of Indiana is at the top of the heap when it comes to teaching evolution? Although I will admit that it seems I managed to get a pretty decent education out of my K-12 system back in Indiana. Of course, by this point in my life it's hard to remember what I learned then and what I've learned since then. I do distinctly remember learning about Eugene V. Debs in High School, and realizing after graduating that very few others knew about him. How the hell I even remember the name to this day is beyond me.
What strikes me as odd is that Indiana as a fairly well deserved reputation as a conservative state but unlike other fully conservative states, Indiana has these strange quirks. Like the evolution thing and that Hoosiers often tend to elect Democratic governors. Due to the industrialization of the north and central portions of the state there are also long, proud labor union traditions. Not mention that Indianapolis spat out Kurt Vonnegut who is the furthest thing from conservative.
Actually, when I think about it Colorado seems to have similar quirky tendencies. Maybe it's just that whole can't judge a book by it's cover thing.
Oh well.
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