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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I'm curious though...how many of you/us were taught evolution in primary or secondary school. I know we never ventured to that depth where I went to school. I knew what evolution was of course. We learned about adaptation, Darwin and his studies etc..but it wasn't until University biology that evolution was a subject of learning.
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I do remember learning it in science sometime around grade 8 or so.. I was never good at biology stuff though and when I got to choose my subjects I know I only took chemistry and physics and dropped biology altogether, so there may have been more in high school.
I kind of wish I had taken more now, I had to do a lot of un-learning in my adult life, and I think it should be pretty important to teach. Sure you might not need it for direct usage later in life, but that applies to 99% of what's taught in school.. teaching facts for use in life is only one part of schooling.
Learning how things evolve and change is part of learning to appreciate where we come from, where we're going, and how it all works together, which should be part of teaching someone to be a responsible member of society.