tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post5077442198442300453..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Friday HodgepodgeGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-73568801888767124252017-03-10T09:26:22.326-06:002017-03-10T09:26:22.326-06:00Interesting, and yet unsurprising, if true.
And,...Interesting, and yet unsurprising, if true. <br /><br />And, even if geology <i>had</i> been taught, guess who would have found a way to water it down or politicize it?Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-9141537208393365602017-03-10T08:55:52.495-06:002017-03-10T08:55:52.495-06:00#3 reminded me of the (possibly apocryphal) story ...#3 reminded me of the (possibly apocryphal) story of why geology is not taught in high school. Geology is the most practical scientific field, as anyone buying a house has immediate use for knowledge of hundred-year flood plains and the like, but is only touched upon in schools. When I asked why at GSA, I was told that members of the scientific community were invited to meet with Congress to discuss what to include in the national standards for education. Most other branches of science sent delegates, but geologists were too busy doing science to beg for inclusion in the curriculum. Now it's either "earth science" or "environmental science" and is so watered down that geology--which requires knowledge of every other field of science--is dismissed as the easy chapter. Dinwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06138006602385020048noreply@blogger.com