“The Revisionaries” is a 2012 documentary meant to provide a brief view of who makes the decision that affects the American curriculum and on what grounds they are made. In Austin, Texas, those in the board of education influence what is taught to the next generation of American children. The highly politicized Texas State Board of Education rewrites the education and textbook standards, once every decade. Don McLeroy, a dentist, Sunday school teacher, and young-earth creationist. After he briefly served on his local school board, McLeroy was then elected to the Texas State Board of Education and later appointed chairman. During his time on the board, McLeroy has overseen the adoption of new science and social studies curriculum standards.
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To him Creationism is just a movement made by those who believe that the texts in the Bible should be understood literally. He states that evolution is true and entirely compatible with the Christian belief. He also states that there has never been a need for conflict between science and religion. Religion does not raise any unsettled intellectual issues about the nature of biology and history. He even states that he found it odd that people found it new that the catholic community thought it was something new when the pope declared that they do not oppose evolution and never had a reason to. Pope Pius …show more content…
Public education falls under the part of state. The candidate that runs against Don McLeroy poses an important questions, why are political parties being implied when they are running for these positions, and why does the Board of Education hold such a low standard for who gets appointed as chairman? An official, who has not acquired a Bachelor’s degree, is governing over those who have Masters, or Ph.Ds. While this separation exists in the United States, other countries, or cultures feel that one cannot exist without the other. There are many groups that only permit one person or group of people with the knowledge that needs to be passed down. Such as in the Trobriand Islands, magic is passed down knowledge (Stein and Stein 2011: 142). The owner of this knowledge can choose what is to be passed down. If the owner of this magic dies before passing all the magic to his student then that knowledge was not passed because it is incomplete (Stein and Stein 2011: 143). This explains why the first time they were visited they had knowledge of particular garden magic but when visited years later it was found that they lost that magic. Certainly everyone would agree, “Knowledge is power” and those with the knowledge that needs to be passed down are respected. Just as Jay Gould states that he doesn’t doubt that a nun would prefer to teach creationism in her parochial school biology class or that an orthodox rabbi would do
To him Creationism is just a movement made by those who believe that the texts in the Bible should be understood literally. He states that evolution is true and entirely compatible with the Christian belief. He also states that there has never been a need for conflict between science and religion. Religion does not raise any unsettled intellectual issues about the nature of biology and history. He even states that he found it odd that people found it new that the catholic community thought it was something new when the pope declared that they do not oppose evolution and never had a reason to. Pope Pius …show more content…
Public education falls under the part of state. The candidate that runs against Don McLeroy poses an important questions, why are political parties being implied when they are running for these positions, and why does the Board of Education hold such a low standard for who gets appointed as chairman? An official, who has not acquired a Bachelor’s degree, is governing over those who have Masters, or Ph.Ds. While this separation exists in the United States, other countries, or cultures feel that one cannot exist without the other. There are many groups that only permit one person or group of people with the knowledge that needs to be passed down. Such as in the Trobriand Islands, magic is passed down knowledge (Stein and Stein 2011: 142). The owner of this knowledge can choose what is to be passed down. If the owner of this magic dies before passing all the magic to his student then that knowledge was not passed because it is incomplete (Stein and Stein 2011: 143). This explains why the first time they were visited they had knowledge of particular garden magic but when visited years later it was found that they lost that magic. Certainly everyone would agree, “Knowledge is power” and those with the knowledge that needs to be passed down are respected. Just as Jay Gould states that he doesn’t doubt that a nun would prefer to teach creationism in her parochial school biology class or that an orthodox rabbi would do