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Originally Posted by Technocratic_Utilitarian
The fact that it was watched on PBS is irrelevant.
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Actually, what the original poster saw (and linked) was something on YouTube or MySpace or something like that - not a valid source like PBS.
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The video actually gets worse when you watch the DVD of it. Not better.
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And if he had actually seen the DVD he'd have a valid basis to criticize the content.
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The "standards" for homeschooling are often poor or poorly enforced in the United States.
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And your evidence of this is?
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That's why you can have parents nominally cover "evolution" but then teach creationism as the "real" theory. They can purchase specific religious content from organizations like Discovery Institute and give only cursory recognition to valid scientific theories.
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But the state standards for homeschooling don't dictate that they MUST teach a specific theory or viewpoint. So, that really isn't an example of poor enforcement.
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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