Melech 9,900 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 "Turkish schoolchildren will no longer be taught about evolution, a government official has said, in another sign of the conservative direction the country is heading in under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Alpaslan Durmus, the head of curriculum for the ministry of education, said that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was “controversial” and would be removed from school programmes by 2019. “We have excluded controversial subjects for students at an age unable yet to understand the issues’ scientific background,” Mr Durmus said. “As the students at ninth grade are not endowed with antecedents to discuss the ‘Origin of Life and Evolution’ section in biology classes, this section will be delayed until undergraduate study.” The move is part of what secular critics describe as a creeping strain of Islamism throughout Turkey’s once proudly secular state. A group of Turkish academics criticised the move saying that it put Turkey in the same category as Saudi Arabia, where the deeply religious curriculum forbids the teaching of evolution. " http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/23/turkey-will-stop-teaching-evolution-schools-education-ministry/ Atatürk rolls in his grave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 110,030 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 So basically they won't teach biology? Evolution is one of the foundations of modern biology. Impossible to understand it or teach it properly without it. Idiots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 35,522 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Yeah, let's just dumb down the youth! The US government is trying it, so why not other countries? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 110,030 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Students who go into university to learn anything related to science are gonna be SHOOK when evolution is presented to them as a fact. That is if the government hasn't censored universities yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWinchester 41,390 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 yikes Flyin' like a 1000 Doves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
donutellha 13,819 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 (aura laugh) let's not teach children the way of the world and have them fall behind due to ~religion~ (/aura laugh) Walk down the runway but don't puke, it's okay. You just had 10 donuts today. Without frosting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, HOMODRAKE said: Yeah, let's just dumb down the youth! The US government is trying it, so why not other countries? The most sad thing is that Erdogan totally destroys Atatürk legacy to make Turkey a western oriented country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexanderMagno 10,746 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 This is not about "people should respect religion bla bla bla". This is knowloedge. Science doesn't answer everything, but there are a few things that it does, and it should. Evolution is one of them. I'm appaled that this is still happening in our world and other nations do nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loathereality 27,650 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 my country is a disgrace vol.2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsTommyBitch 12,640 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Some places in America struggle to do this too a mess really. I remember learning about Global Warming with an "If you believe in that" in school and being like "HELL TO THE NO " 私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaskar 4,029 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I can never understand how creationist people diminish evolution with all the logical, scientifical, historical proofs out there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieGagz 4,300 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 "controversial subjects", its just how you were created dumbass ♡Gaga♡TØP♡Nightwish♡Lana♡Lorde♡Grimes♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, ItsTommyBitch said: Some places in America struggle to do this too a mess really. I remember learning about Global Warming with an "If you believe in that" in school and being like "HELL TO THE NO " It's so weird that people have actually the chance to believe in those stupid creationist ideas. You would be dragged to hell if u said U don't believe in evolution in Germany and would fail probably school since it's a core element in biology Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsTommyBitch 12,640 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, Simon said: It's so weird that people have actually the chance to believe in those stupid creationist ideas. You would be dragged to hell if u said U don't believe in evolution in Germany and would fail probably school since it's a core element in biology For real When I learned about it "officially" in 8th grade, it was very "theoretical". Like "If you believe in global warming, could you write a short essay explaining how and why an animal might potentially develop X cloaking trait having lived in this habitat for _____ years?" And I would just cringe and be like... wtf do u mean if Are you saying I can opt out of this 私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 110,030 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, ItsTommyBitch said: Some places in America struggle to do this too a mess really. I remember learning about Global Warming with an "If you believe in that" in school and being like "HELL TO THE NO " Lol what state? And rural or urban? Cause in Texas in a large city I never saw this. For evolution professors in school would just say "I understand any beliefs you all might have but we're just going to discuss the facts about evolution based on many years of evidence" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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