Bethel School District v. Fraser

me well and for this I will be grateful! It is my longing to believe in my students and encourage them to be the best they can be each day! From my earliest recollections I knew I desired to be a teacher. My bedroom closet served as a one-room school house where I taught Raggedy Ann and Andy, an overstuffed bear…

speech are Tinker v Des Moines and Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier. Tinker was America’s first Supreme Court case defining the extent of students’ speech. This case ruled in favor of students, when the court decided that students have their freedom of speech. This freedom could be limited, however, if a school could reasonably think that a student’s speech would interfere with the school’s…

I was only a few blocks away. I was in the getting ready of starting my senior year at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo.…

homeownership, they have chosen to live in an area with access to fairly good public schools. For example, Cornelis had the ability to attend one of the 4 out of 5 of the kindergarten through eighth grade schools that have at least an average to an above average score regarding ‘growth’ and ‘attainment’ (School Locator). This alone had a positive impact on his trajectory from childhood to adulthood because school was a place where Cornelius was able to stay involved in community activities and…

Among the many arguments for intelligent design, Behe’s argument of irreduciblecomplexityisbyfaroneofthemostfascinatingones. Whilemany may consider Darwin’s theory of evolution to be the catch-all argument that irrefutably demolishes any and all argument for intelligent design, Behe manages not only to propose a design theory compatible with it, but also to use it to further empower his argument. Ultimately, Behe’s irreducible complexity argument lacks the support needed to differentiate itself…

Evolution is taught within elementary schools and in high school biology classes, but religion is not taught in the classroom setting. The concept of teaching evolution and religion in schools has been brought to the courtroom a numerous amount of times. Epperson vs. Arkansas in 1968 was one of the first cases to go to court. Epperson argued that by not teaching religion…

the possibility of creationism being taught in public schools as an alternative/or alongside evolution. Instead of using the Bible solely for spiritual purposes, many of those who follow it believe that it should be honored as a legitimate science. However, since creationism is unable to be scientifically tested and undergo the same extensive fire that evolution has for centuries, it should not be taught as a science course in public schools. The Bible has been said to date back as far as 3000…

The Impact of Death on Belief in Intelligent Design vs. Evolution Evolution claims that through the process of natural selection, the best genetic traits are passed to offspring. The theory of intelligent design states that life can only be explained if there is an intelligent being leading the process. As demonstrated in Jessica L. Tracey’s paper, “Death and Science: The Existential Underpinnings of Belief in Intelligent Design and Discomfort with Evolution,” many turn to intelligent design in…

position as teachers in a school, whether public or private, is that of a missionary in a mission field. Therefore, it is important for us to know the legal capacities for us to be the light in the schools where we will teach. This paper will address several court cases that have affected the teachings of evolution and creationism in public schools and the implications for Bible-believing teachers. One of the most famous events regarding the teaching of Creation in public schools was the Scopes…

In the landmark decision of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Judge John E. Jones soundly argues that intelligent design (ID) does not represent a scientific theory, but rather a religious argument whose teaching in public schools violates the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This argument exhibits both logical validity and true premises in its categorization of the theory as non-scientific, thus being truly sound. In essence, the decision states that…