I had some time to kill in the grocery store -- finished MY
half of the shopping early this time -- and picked up the
current Esquire Magazine. I forget the real title, but
there's an article in there about "Idiot Science" that is
well worth reading if you care about the state of science
knowledge in general over here. (I tried to find it at
www.esquire.com, but it's not working this morning.)

The magazine cover lured me in, but it was the educational
content that kept me there while Jackie finished the
shopping. :-)

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Who is
allowed to do the non-discretional shopping -- butter, eggs,
milk, peanut butter, bread, etc. -- while she makes all the
decisions.



Alan Walker wrote:
And there are some really great science teachers out
there, but each of them is doing so at great sacrifice, because
we will not pay them nearly what they can qualify to earn in the
private sector. Many choose to support their family better over
staying in the low paying, much abused profession of teaching. We
say we value education, but our actions belie our words.
And that's not even going into the politics of
pseudo-science scams like "intelligent design".
Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org


-----Original Message-----
From: John Quinn

Nina wrote "Lately I've been asked to speak to 9th graders about
a career in science, and it's depressing. Jobs in science in the
next decades are going to be filled by foreigners with good
backgrounds in science, not by the kind of students I've been
seeing. Not the kids' fault; it's our fault for not teaching
decent science."

A point especially brought home by Thomas Friedman in his book
_The World Is Flat_...interesting reading!



************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by John Romano++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++