I did promise to ease up, didn’t I? I will try harder to lighten up and I do know there are good people in Texas. Its just that they don’t make the news while the bible thumpers do. I hope you do more to reverse that situation than just banging your head against the wall.
Of course I do, but it’s like plugging up a firehose sometimes, so sorry if I get snippy. I get infuriated with my fellow Texans who do things like pass anti-gay marriage acts into the Texas Constitution, when it’s nothing but a transparent do-nothing act to rally the base behind the current governor to beat his opponent in the Republican primaries (see my rants in this thread). At the same time, though, a lot of the “what do you expect, it’s Texas” reactions from the rest of the world are kneejerk and even based on incorrect information, as in thread. It gets old getting it from both within and without.
Having worked in the semiconductor business pretty much all my adult life, I can assure everyone that Texas has plenty of technology-based jobs and is quite competitive. It would be interesting to see how it ranks in terms of engineers/scientists per capita with other states-- I’d be very surprised if it wasn’t in the top half at least.
In all seriousness, I think there’s an excellent argument to be made for teaching Chinese in elementary school these days.
There is still a ray of hope left here.
If they do change the name to something like “creationist education”, and have it in the theology department, then I have no more problem with it being accredited than I do with any other theological degree. If the stick with they term “science”, however… ug.
Just for the record, I was trying to avoid exactly this. What worries me about this is the influence Texas has over textbooks. Yes, it’s “just” an advisory board’s recommendation and no reason to panic…
…yet.
Per capita? I don’t know. But as far as sheer numbers, yes, it’s right up there.
Houston’s not considered as “groovy” as Austin, but we’re a pretty diverse crowd down here.
The Texas Freedom Network is fighting this sort of idiocy. And they are looking for members!
But how many are home-grown and how many moved there? I can think of two native Texans among the many people I know working there, and you might throw in one guy from Oklahoma.
Not that California is so different.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
The current governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has a degree in Animal Science (not sure exactly what that entails), QUOTE]
It’s definitely a real science degree as opposed to a creationism one: (Perry went to A&M, BTW)
FINALLY the path has been opened for me to finally become:
Joe Merijeek, M.D. - Reflexology.
That six week correspondence course would finally be worth it!
-Joe
Update:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042408dntexcreationscience2.917bf873.html (might require registration).
God bless those heathens!
Animal Science is simply the old Animal Husbandry course of study relabeled because people were sick and tired about the jokes about ‘being caught practicing it…’
I have known a number of AnSci graduates who went on to Vet Med, and others to human Med. It’s a real course of study, and can be pretty rigorous.
Did you not notice HIS location field? The Klan has posted billboards within 50 miles of us recently.
And our Bush didn’t get kicked upstairs to the Presidency.
We suffer too, y’know.
A little research. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board rejects bid of Instute for Creation Research to offer on-line masteres degree in science. 23 April 2008 Dallas Morning News.
I sure like your username. 
See post #52 for a direct link to the story.
Texas proposed instructional video
Um, yeah, it makes sense.