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Why?

/cry

Testing Darwin's Teachers:

Daniel Read, for instance, considers it his Christian duty to expose his classmates to the truths he finds in the Bible, starting with the six days of creation. It's his way, he said, of counterbalancing the textbook, which devotes three chapters to evolution but just one paragraph to creationism. A soft-spoken teen with shaggy hair and baggy pants, Daniel prepares carefully for his mission in this well-educated, affluent and conservative suburb of 28,000, just outside Kansas City, Mo. He studies DVDs distributed by Answers in Genesis, a "creation evangelism" ministry devoted to training children to question evolution.

In some ways, this kid is like a dream student, right? He's out there, learning stuff, thinking about how to teach things he's learned to other students.... Sigh.

And then there are people like this:

Liberty High School senior Sarah Hopkins was proud of her response when a botany teacher brought up evolution last year: "I asked, 'Have you ever read the Bible? Have you ever gone to church?' "

I think teachers should be allowed to smack students when they do this.

dog squish!

This guy has a cute MySpace photo.

soup for dinner

So late already! Got up late this morning (after going to bed late), pushing my schedule waaaay back what with the time change and all. Just ate dinner -- a simple kale and potato soup (literally just those two items boiled in plain water... plus some salt, black pepper, and red pepper). Rob woke up and I asked him if he wanted some of the soup and then he was surprised when I handed him the bowl because he thought it would be more fancy. I love the taste of kale.

I think I was supposed to do something important this weekend but can't remember what....