"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" -- George W. Bush (Jan. 11, 2000)

Obviously, not for long...

"Bush: Intelligent Design Should Be Taught" - (link)

"Bible Course Becomes a Test for Public Schools in Texas" - By RALPH BLUMENTHAL and BARBARA NOVOVITCH (New York Times 8/1/05)

"HOUSTON, July 31 - When the school board in Odessa, the West Texas oil town, voted unanimously in April to add an elective Bible study course to the 2006 high school curriculum, some parents dropped to their knees in prayerful thanks that God would be returned to the classroom, while others assailed it as an effort to instill religious training in the public schools.

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"But a growing chorus of critics says the course, taught by local teachers trained by the council, conceals a religious agenda. The critics say it ignores evolution in favor of creationism and gives credence to dubious assertions that the Constitution is based on the Scriptures, and that "documented research through NASA" backs the biblical account of the sun standing still."

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Some of the claims made in the national council's curriculum are laughable, said Mark A. Chancey, professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, who spent seven weeks studying the syllabus for the freedom network. Mr. Chancey said he found it "riddled with errors" of facts, dates, definitions and incorrect spellings. It cites supposed NASA findings to suggest that the earth stopped twice in its orbit, in support of the literal truth of the biblical text that the sun stood still in Joshua and II Kings.

"When the type of urban legend that normally circulates by e-mail ends up in a textbook, that's a problem," Mr. Chancey said. "

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Ok, our kids might end up stupid, but at least they won't be fat, right? Right?!

Maybe not... "Public Schools Begin to Offer Gym Classes Online" - (link)
I give up. At least my kids are smart and can think for themselves.

(Great link for Bushisms, by the way: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms2000.htm)