| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1651 | John House | |
| 1652 | Joan Crow | |
| 1653 | Deborah Givens | This is actually child abuse and must be stopped. |
| 1654 | Doug McAdie | |
| 1655 | James A. DePaulo | |
| 1656 | Maggie | Our children deserves to be on equal footing with other industrialized nations when it comes to science and technology. Creationism is not science. It is religion dressed up in philosophy, trying to pass as science. What possible scientific discovery can one make if the answer to every test question is "God did it?" But yet, we insist this dogma to be taught. If you want to look at what happens when religious dogma replaces inquiry and academic discipline, we shouldn't look any further than the middle east.
We only do our children a disservice when we insist on teaching them misinformation. It's time to let them catch up to the challenges of the 21st century, instead of seeking false solace in religious dogma. |
| 1657 | Eric Lee | Science is not a belief, it is a tool, much like a hammer or a tape measure.
Religion is belief. It is not a tool, although it is often used as such by those who would control and manipulate ignorance and superstition. |
| 1658 | Dolores Jensen | |
| 1659 | Jeff Weiner | |
| 1660 | Colleen Canning | |
| 1661 | Lynda Padrta | I attended private school nearly my entire educational career. Throughout my education, even into college, we were taught evolution and Bible studies, side-by-side, and there was never any question that one "disproved" the other. Please stop using that silly phrase "biological changes over time" and use "evolution." The dictionary defines evolution as "change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift. " Scientific study for decades has supported the concept of evolutionary changes, and if you all had ever studied science, biology and archeology, you would be better educated and understand that. Our children need advanced scientific education for the 21st Century, not mystical education better suited for the dark ages. |
| 1662 | Greg Bickley | |
| 1663 | Frank Stephenson | Florida's woeful performance in science and math performance from its middle and high school students will never improve unless science teaching standards are raised. |
| 1664 | Anonymous | Please revise Science standards for the sake of future generations who will need a solid foundation in science to propel the U.S. forward w/technology, progress, reason and critical thinking. |
| 1665 | David Payne | As a teacher retired from Florida's public education system, as a parent, and as a grandparent, all of us Floridians, I cannot imagine, nor would I want my grandson to be educated by, a public education system which did not follow these essential Science Education Standards. I was educated in Florida public schools which followed these essential science guidelines some fifty years ago, a fact for which I am grateful and which served me well throughout my own education and my career as a teacher in the public schools of Florida.
Floridians are free to believe whatever we choose, but science education not guided by these principles is a disservice to all students. |
| 1666 | Colin Byfleet | Why do we keep on having to fight the same old battles? It is so tedious. |
| 1667 | Lynn Sparling | Who would have thought this debate would still be going on in 2008? Outrageous. |
| 1668 | Geoff Marshall | There is no argument between creationism and evolution. Creationism doesn't HAVE an argument. |
| 1669 | Shannon Walker | To prohibit children from understanding valid science and the scientific method is a form of child abuse and puts them behind students from other countries that are not saddled with superstition. |
| 1670 | Wendell Abern | |
| 1671 | Ann McCutchan | As a Floridian-in-exile, I have watched issues of science education in my home state closely, and am heartened by the possibility of a change that makes real sense. Some Floridians might think, as some Texans do, that no one outside their habitat is paying attention to their decisions. But they'd be wrong. |
| 1672 | Barbara Psimas | Please don't regress into the Dark Ages with bringing up ingnorant youth. Science needs to educate to our youth to solve all the problems we face and we can't do that with having blinders on.
Thanks |
| 1673 | Scott Noe | |
| 1674 | Todd Whitesel | |
| 1675 | Hamilton Feltman | |
| 1676 | Dan Stodola | The US is already falling behind the rest of the world in terms of science literacy. This education gap affects the country in many ways, from economy to public health. In the interests of the public good and the welfare of the entire country, we must prevent pseudoscience from being introduced into the scientific curriculum. |
| 1677 | Alicia Feltman | |
| 1678 | Landon Ross | I strongly support the proposed standards, incorporating evolution as a basic concept of science. We do not want to become a laughing-stock along the lines of the Kansas Board of Education, famous for our irrational standards. |
| 1679 | Cheryl Brown | |
| 1680 | Stephen J. Fox | It is imperative that the new Standards are adopted as written. Eighty years after the Scopes trial and less than a half dozen years after the Dover, Delaware trial, Florida should not surrender to the clamor for a return to teaching ignorance in schools. |
| 1681 | Kristie Almeida | |
| 1682 | Marc Jarett | |
| 1683 | Elaine M. Hull, PhD | There is no scientific disagreement about evolution, only religious objections. We should teach comparative religions in a social studies class and leave science classes to teach science. |
| 1684 | Richard Schwerdt | |
| 1685 | Frederick L. Nelson | Strong science for a strong America! |
| 1686 | Anne B. Thistle | |
| 1687 | Denise Choppin | |
| 1688 | Richard T Hull | Evolution is a theory. So is the theory of gravity. Both have the status of accepted fact in science. Intelligent design is a theory. So is Aristotle's account of mutual attraction. Neither has been confirmed by science and neither is accepted as fact. Teach science in the schools, and leave the unconfirmed theories to other places, like church. |
| 1689 | Barry Ray | |
| 1690 | Sandy Beck | Religion should be taught in church. Science should be taught in school. To bring religious mythology into the schools, especially publicly funded schools is in violation of "separation of church and state" rulings. |
| 1691 | Marian Mills | |
| 1692 | Mark Tozer | |
| 1693 | Keith Beggs McCulloch | Get religion out of science!! |
| 1694 | Thomas Warren | I support adoption of the Revised Science Standards set out above.
Thomas Warren |
| 1695 | William Phifer MD | |
| 1696 | Virginia Lieberman | |
| 1697 | Jane Essig | |
| 1698 | Elizabeth Teal | We must teach our children how to think and question with open minds, this is the way of progress...and this is the scientific method. Without it we as a community, as a country will fail to meet the practical needs of our citizens in the future. |
| 1699 | Michael Milam | We must keep Creationism out of our classrooms. This is the 21st century, only a truly backward state would not teach evolution. If we are to compete in the real world and have a viable future as a state and a country, we must promote science. Please do not be influenced by the religious fundamentalists. |
| 1700 | Jessie Perry | |