Seed Magazine (which is in my list of links) belatedly links to a 2001 science fair for people who ignore and misunderstand science. Well, that’s not how they represent it, of course, but it’s accurate.
I’ll discount the elementary school winners; no one expects them to understand science, anyway. But check out the two middle school winners.
The first place winner put some ingredients in a jar for three weeks, then noticed that life didn’t spontaneously appear (though I doubt she checked with a microscope). Therefore, she concludes that life couldn’t appear from nonliving materials.
It’s something like proving that oak trees don’t grow from seeds. Put a seed in the dirt for three weeks. No tree? There ya go! Or, even more illuminating, grab some sperm and prove that humans don’t come from that.
The middle school second place winner is even more fantastic, and I leave it to you to find out for yourself.
Seed also points us to Lambuel, which is a little lamb who helps kids learn about Jesus. Best line from Lambuel?
“Atheists are often very grumpy and bitter and will lash out at children or they may even try to trick you into neglecting God’s Word.†Lambuel recommends telling your parents if you find an atheist in the neighborhood.
Good stuff.
I have to give you the benefit of the doubt here. I checked out the sites, and could find no evidence that they are the product of America’s Finest News Source, or the like. It looks like they are legitimate. This was simultaneously very amusing and quite disturbing.
One good note: the children are admonished by the freak talking sheep to avoid talking to uninfected adults. If only they could take that behavior into adulthood…
Now I know why I stay home with my kids instead of being a co-worker to men. My biology is my destiny and since I would make too little in the work place, I must not have been doing a good enough job, so I should just stay home. When I hit menopause I shall lay down and die.
Please let me husband know that because his center of gravity is higher, he should be careful when it’s windy. He might get knocked over.
LOL Cathy.
I spend more time at home than my wife does. I have absolutely *no* doubts about her femininity, so should this make me doubt my masculinity, or is it enough that I earn a paycheck?
BTW, that whole bit about women making more than men seems mostly a smokescreen. I’ve seen studies that take into account the jobs done, and show little to no difference in average pay. Women’s average pay is increasing as they take on the same jobs, with the same attitudes. Women’s rates of heart disease is doing the same.