Who's Vergo-san.
Definitely a good thing, now if we can only get the other dumb states to follow suite.
The big problem is that students enter the classroom not understanding, nor motivated to learn, evolution. They've been "taught" creationism all their Christian lives, so they don't understand why they should learn some other theory when it's clearly "wrong" to what they consider "right." And then they BS information, like how black people and white people aren't related since their skin color is different.
No, really. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGGNomLx_c&feature=
Still, this is a good win for evolutionists, especially considering this is the same state that wanted to take Thomas Jefferson out of history books just a couple years ago.
I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
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So, the source of Lumper Vs Splitter debates on the wiki is really Creationism vs. Evolution? That makes perfect sense. 
edited 23rd Jul '11 5:19:45 PM by TotemicHero
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
I see the Awesomeness.
Unless things have changed significantly since I graduated from HS (and I can only hope that most of those changes were in the computer courses), there is. Based on my memory, there's four years of Social Studies: American History, World History, "social studies" (this is the one that studies cultures) and I want to say there's another required course that I can't remember right now.
Fight smart, not fair.
Civics perhaps?
Pretending to be human
The most surprising thing probably is that the vote was 8-0. Eight to a whopping zero. Faith in humanity = restored.
I see the Awesomeness.
I know it wasn't called that. I want to say it was half economics half political theory, but I might be blending my high school together with my first year of college. Or maybe I only had to take three years of SS?
Then again, if they really wanted to improve the schools, they'd cut the english/art requirements down. Art appreciation of any kind has no place on mandatory curriculum. Evolution deserves a week or so.
edited 24th Jul '11 3:07:35 AM by Deboss
Fight smart, not fair.
I see the Awesomeness.
TL:DW. Got about four minutes in.
Fight smart, not fair.
Never mind.
edited 24th Jul '11 5:19:16 PM by StrangeDwarf
"Why don't you write books people can read?"-Nora Joyce, to her husband James
Schools in England usually do the religions nicknamed 'the Big Six' (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism).
Getting back on topic; in English schools evolution is taught in both Religious Studies course (briefly) and the science course (obviously) - in RS you're expected to be able to at least have a vague idea about the Big Bang and Evolution, and to explain that there's evidence for both those theories. It usually comes up in 'God created the universe - discuss with reasons for and against' type questions.
So if we can have some evolutionary science in RS courses, I really think Texas made the right decision to include evolution in the actual science courses!
It ain't over 'till the ring hits the lava.