Some little dubbie kids came up to me after class... (Evolution Story)

Kudra

So I teach science in middle and upper elementary schools as part of a fellowship I have this year.

For the 4th/5th grades our project is to construct a timeline of the evolution of land plants on earth.

So we do our first activity (researching parts of the Hadean and Archean and making pictures to put on our timeline) and after the class these two boys (who were kinda acting up) come to me and say they have something to tell me in private.

!!! Well, I go to the corner with them and they give the usual witness spiel that we all gave our science teachers when evolution came up- except I really wasn't teaching *evolution* but rather we were learning about the development of the planet earth, the formation of the moon, the formation of the atmosphere- (well I guess the evolution of single-celled life that produced the atmosphere sorta counts as evolution) etc. This was a week ago.

SOOO today when I go back today we start in on the next portion of the timeline which contains ...the *Cambrian Explosion*! Each group in the class gets one topic in the time line to research and lo and behold- the cosmic dice determine that these two JW kids get the Cambrian Explosion to do. Sheesh.

So they come up to me and start giving me the business about "how there was NO life and then all of a sudden there WAS??" etc etc. Basic Creationist stuff regarding the C.E. Too funny that they got the C.E. of all the topics.

What I get a huge chuckle out of is how terrified their parents would be if they knew their little dubbie kids were being taught *evolution* by an *apostate*.

And I thought you'd all get a chuckle out of it too.

-Kudra

cameo-d

I don't recall this being taught when I was in 5th grade. Anyway, perfect subject to get them involved.

The Cambrian explosion has generated extensive scientific debate. The seemingly rapid appearance of fossils in the “Primordial Strata” was noted as early as the mid 19th century, [6] and Charles Darwin saw it as one of the main objections that could be made against his theory of evolution by natural selection . [7]

Kudra

There was a bunch of life single- and multi-cellular life, soft-bodied organisms (found in the fossil record) before the Cambrian Explosion that negates any Creation Story. Also this "Explosion" happened over millions of years, contrary to ideas held by many.

There is also a large portion of the geologic record missing (erosion) that is immediately prior to the C.E. which could help "sort things out" if it were in place.

I mentioned these things to the dubbies- they were kind of like, ahhh, ok... They were really good sports about it and I definitely did not alienate them in any way. I told them that they were good scientists for asking questions and that they were very smart.

These are good kids! I know that there is hope for them!! I was in their shoes mere decades ago!

;)

-K

Satanus

It's so cool that you are treating them gently. No doubt facts will come up that contradict the silly wt creationist story. Mass extinctions, is one, especially if they consider how god pronounced good all his creations, and then blasted them into oblivion, leaving only fossils. Anyhow, good luck.

S

Jeremy C

Just wait until you delve into the evolution of sexual reproduction within the species. An apostate teaching evolution and sex. A triple whammy! (sexual pun kind of intended)

This is one of those things that the convention talks warned would happen to people who leave the protective confines of Jah’s clean organization. What reproach . . . .

StAnn

Kudra,

Tread lightly. This kind of thing got my Dub neice thinking and asking questions. In response to all that awful, lying science she was being taught, my braindead sister and her equally braindead husband have pulled my neice out of public school to homeschool her. NO ONE will tell me what curriculum they're using. I fear it is that lame Dub curriculum.

Oh, my b-i-l was recently disabled and so is doing the schooling. He's shocked because, wow, it really takes a lot of time! Well, you're supposed to homeschool them for 5 1/2 hours a day, per state law. Makes me wonder just how committed he is to doing it.

So inspire your students to think, but not enough to ask questions at home or they'll be pulled out of their only source of enlightenment!

StAnn

avishai

I had a couple of great teachers like you that were significant in changing my dub thinking.

flipper

KUDRA- Good job sis ! You just keep on teachin' those dubbie kids the real meaning of life in science ! LOL! You're doing a great job ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

Kudra

Thank you guys for your encouragement and comments! I'll keep on trying to make them think! -but not that they'll start ratting me out to their parents...
;)

There are a BUNCH of dub kids in this school. One teacher mentioned that it is because they get picked on in the regular schools here in Tucson. (Those schools truly are scary) This school I teach at is a Montessori School- which I am really starting to like VERY much. There are ~4 JWs in the upper elementary and ~ 4 in the 7th/8th grades.

I think if I have kids I will definitely look into the Montessori Schools.

-K

Some little dubbie kids came up to me after class... (Evolution Story)

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