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79. Double exactly!

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #46)

Sat Aug 4, 2012, 06:35 PM

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This is why many DU teachers are so determined to fight education 'reform': [View all] proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Aug 2012 #1

More miracles! RandiFan1290 Aug 2012 #2

Well, Everyone knows GOD makes electricity! NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #3

Come on! Everyone knows that Thor is responsible for lightning Tyrs WolfDaemon Aug 2012 #62

My socks are responsible for electricity! tclambert Aug 2012 #87

I'll see your socks and raise you a Van de Graaff Generator Tyrs WolfDaemon Aug 2012 #92

Wrong! Wrong! WRONG!!! eridani Aug 2012 #99

Wrong! Mama Boucher invented electricity derby378 Aug 2012 #93

I have publisher Bob Jones University's rebuttal to criticisms right here: NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #4

I've seen many more textbooks just like this one proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #7

I'd love to get a copy of one of these, old or new edition... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #8

abe may be your friend Agony Aug 2012 #12

You can find lots of them on line. proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #13

Thanks. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #14

Those are from the first link that comes up when you Google 'books for homeschoolers' proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #18

I interviewed for a Baptist school position once. knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #20

The Math books are absolutely horrible proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #22

Were they Saxon books? knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #31

Well, they're part of our shared Anglo-Saxon heritage ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2012 #35

No not Saxon proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #38

If it wasn't Abecca, I don't know which one it was. knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #63

Well, of course fractions are a mystery. No one knows where least common denominators come from. tclambert Aug 2012 #97

Any actual AP courses, as I understand it, need SheilaT Aug 2012 #32

I went to a Christian college--it's real science there. knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #64

I guess the badly educated homeschoolers need to start off @ community college. mwooldri Aug 2012 #74

"... to ridicule the science that is presented he ...". Where does the science part start? n/t jtuck004 Aug 2012 #78

even in the fourth grade, you could show how we use the scientific method to figure yurbud Aug 2012 #110

This explanation does not make it better. blackspade Aug 2012 #112

Powerful people with a lot of money have a vested interest in keeping the masses ignorant. baldguy Aug 2012 #5

Isn't this true of every religion? nt Flatulo Aug 2012 #89

I find it true of the religions, obxhead Aug 2012 #105

Holy shit. ancianita Aug 2012 #6

a rather ironic, and I am guessing unintended, apt description of the picture. grantcart Aug 2012 #50

this is frightening. barbtries Aug 2012 #9

Your tax dollars would be going to this, folks. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #10

Emphatic K&R. Cannot be said often enough! No public monies coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #11

There is no commandment saying "Thou are to be stupid" n2doc Aug 2012 #15

Yep...and when he talked about "suffer the little children" he wasn't talking about "at the hands of MADem Aug 2012 #23

K&R MichiganVote Aug 2012 #16

That is frightening. We are about to embark on homeschooling our oldest this year... AllyCat Aug 2012 #17

Definitely talk with them about it. knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #21

Thanks. We are fortunate to have a large group of homeschoolers in our city AllyCat Aug 2012 #33

Yeah, Abecca's scary. knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #65

I miss Madfloridian bahrbearian Aug 2012 #19

I miss her, too. suffragette Aug 2012 #24

Follow her... YvonneCa Aug 2012 #26

Are you sure that link if ok for you to Post bahrbearian Aug 2012 #28

Not sure... YvonneCa Aug 2012 #42

Why would it be a TOS violation? nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #58

It's a Twitter link, those get posted all the time. Of course it's okay. scarletwoman Aug 2012 #67

So why was she tombstoned? bahrbearian Aug 2012 #68

She has an active account as of this post. nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #70

I thought she left voluntarily. proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #72

She has an active account as of right now. msanthrope Aug 2012 #75

Where can I find this profile, I've done a search, I seem to be missing it some where. bahrbearian Aug 2012 #77

Just look it up in the search functions under 'my account..' You can look up anyone. nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #81

She did, she chose not to make the move to DU3 nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #82

But her account is here..... msanthrope Aug 2012 #84

My understanding was that she decided to stay over at DU1. I don't know if it's truth2power Aug 2012 #98

I miss her too. Lifelong Protester Aug 2012 #85

Huh? What happened to her? AllyCat Aug 2012 #34

She got lerkfished bahrbearian Aug 2012 #45

No she didn't. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #76

No she did not, she chose not to move to DU3 nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #83

LOL. No, she didn't. She quit...nt SidDithers Aug 2012 #115

She still posts at DU2, posted this last night ... slipslidingaway Aug 2012 #94

+1 progressoid Aug 2012 #95

thanks for the thread. this is a pressing issue in the sate of washington iemitsu Aug 2012 #25

More here: xxqqqzme Aug 2012 #27

That's just downright scary. proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #29

The moon continues to puzzle Billol. Was prolly thinking about loofah and falafel during class. Snarkoleptic Aug 2012 #69

Guh, it's like juggalos got into academic publishing... (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #30

OMG, the stupid, IT BURNS!!! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #36

Can't municipal water districts simply up the amount of sodium fluoride put in our water? Trillo Aug 2012 #37

If electricity is a miracle, phones must be Riley18 Aug 2012 #39

Jesus Christ! lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #40

I don't wanna talk to a scientist, y'all muther fuckas lyin' and gettin me pissed. progressoid Aug 2012 #96

one of a number of reasons. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #41

Lesson #1 proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #44

I should have put cloudbase Aug 2012 #43

Flawed as they are, we need to maintain local boards of ed with local community oversight. lindysalsagal Aug 2012 #46

Exactly proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #48

Double exactly! xtraxritical Aug 2012 #79

But we know the tides prove the existence of god nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #47

Once when I was young I stuck a hairpin in a wall socket... KansDem Aug 2012 #49

And Worse Yet - The Christians Have No Interest In Solving Mysteries! cantbeserious Aug 2012 #51

Didn't Obama tap Michelle Rhee (spelling?) own your story Aug 2012 #52

I don't think so. proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #57

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Do you believe Romney will have a better education agenda? proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #60

LOL- No, of course not. old soul Aug 2012 #61

Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #53

K&R&OMFG! Where the hell do these morons come from and why do we tolerate their existence? Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #54

This must have been Bill O'Reilly's textbook. nt Ilsa Aug 2012 #55

This is only ONE of the reasons why "Charter" (Private) Schools are a BAD idea. bvar22 Aug 2012 #56

Want to see the TOC from an astronomy text? Skidmore Aug 2012 #66

Very interesting indeed proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #71

Ugh. MI_State_Too Aug 2012 #73

reads like Mad Magazine....holy jeeebus spanone Aug 2012 #80

Shocking! Just shocking! tclambert Aug 2012 #86

Choice is never bad golfguru Aug 2012 #88

I think it's a good thing that the idiot fundy Christians want their kids to remain ignorant, too. Ikonoklast Aug 2012 #100

I don't worry about what Christians think golfguru Aug 2012 #113

Lightning isn't visible???? DesertDiamond Aug 2012 #90

There you go using those critical thinking skills! proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #91

That faint humming sound you hear is Richard Feynman spinning in his grave. n/t D23MIURG23 Aug 2012 #101

In what friggin' century are we living? Daphne08 Aug 2012 #102

The one with record warfare, but hey baby women vote now and it is after slavery, not? Coyotl Aug 2012 #107

Want good schools? Follow the example of Finland, public and unionized. grahamhgreen Aug 2012 #103

I am not willing to prefer economy of Finland over ours. golfguru Aug 2012 #114

Vouchers alone are complete BULLSHIT! obxhead Aug 2012 #104

So this is what they purchase with the public money left over after profits and advertising costs Coyotl Aug 2012 #106

Those Exxon Mobil commercials are revolting proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #108

electricity is a mystery, but they know all about what happens in heaven, that angels are watching yurbud Aug 2012 #109

electricity is a mystery, but Bob Jones U used to claim to know exactly where the lines were yurbud Aug 2012 #111

There is a pretty funny Blog post about this book SomethingFishy Aug 2012 #116

It's come down to demand that children be kept in ignorance, lest they DirkGently Aug 2012 #117