Snopes.com: 4th Grade Science Quiz

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/sciencetest.asp

by ColinWright • 13 years ago

16 7 13 years ago

I cannot believe this is legal.

wisesascha• 13 years ago

I am pretty sure I can flag this (not enough karma?), but someone should because it doesn't seem to fit with the theme of HN.

hmsimha• 13 years ago

I saw this circulating on facebook and didn't have strong feelings one way or another about it's legitimacy (whereas my bullshit detector usually turns out to be spot on when I take it to snopes) because I try not to underestimate the ability for humans to assimilate and spread misinformation, even from a teaching role. That said - if true, I hope this teacher is fired and never teaches again without strong supervision.

I think the virality of the original image makes the snopes dissection pertinent, if only because it highlights the way the ability for things to go viral on the internet has changed the way in which people are now being held accountable for egregious abuses of positions of power and leadership, where they may have been able to stay under the radar in the past. This is beyond simply teaching creationism in class. I can't believe a science teacher would instruct their students to respond to being challenged on what they learned with "Were you there?"

ColinWright• 13 years ago

OK, you've confused me. You say:

    I am pretty sure I can flag this

So, you think you can flag this ...

    (not enough karma?), but someone should ...

But this implies that you can not flag this.

Have you simply mis-typed yourself, or is that what you really meant to type?

gordaco• 13 years ago

"Probably True"? Really? Are things THAT backwards in some points of the US? Even the "were you there" answer?

superuser• 13 years ago

The correct answer is: time is relative

na85• 13 years ago

I don't think this is right for HN.

If you want to laugh at bible thumpers that's fine, but I think this would be more appropriate for reddit.

Snopes.com: 4th Grade Science Quiz

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