AI: Darwin Day and Evolution Education
By Today is Darwin Day!
I was really lucky and went to schools that taught biology quite well as I was growing up. Not only did I come out of school with a fairly good idea of how evolution works, I even had the opportunity to take a high school biotechnology class in which we did things like very basic DNA testing and learned about what was then (1999) cutting edge genetics research. I have since learned that not everyone was so lucky.
What did you learn about evolution growing up? How has your perspective and understanding changed as you’ve aged?
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Benny,
I wonder how many Creationists heads have exploded just at the very thought of “Darwin Day” But all kidding aside, I was interested in evolution even as a young boy. Luckily I went to a great school ( despite it being a public school ) and neither of my parents were creationists. I think parents whose kids go to schools that don’t do a good job covering evolution might want to consider getting a few good age appropriate books on the subject. Its something that is really necessary for a basic science education.