Posted by Randy Howard on 03/11/07 04:36

On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:46:29 -0600, Randy Howard wrote
(in article <0001HW.C218D7AF00549301F0203648@news.verizon.net>):

> On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:26:03 -0600, Ed Seedhouse wrote
> (in article <dri6v2987dv3gm31bb4203n9s6u3irauh8@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:19:38 GMT, Randy Howard
>> <randyhoward@FOOverizonBAR.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I've had this problem on more than a few occasions with my own kids,
>>> where their textbooks have outright falsehoods in them, which of course
>>> you can either argue with, and get answers wrong on the test
>>
>> It's been going on far longer than that of course. Back in the 1950's
>> the government approved Grade 10 Science text of the day in British
>> Columbia explained the working concept of a two stage rocket
>> incorrectly.
>>
>> Having read Willy Ley's book "Rockets, Missiles & Space Travel" I knew
>> better of course, but for some reason my Science teacher didn't buy my
>> explanation, thinking that of course the text book must be right. It
>> was government approved, after all.
>
> Therein lies the real problem. The acceptance of the "sheeple" of
> anything, of any real or imaginary merit, as long as their is some form

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Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)
"The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those
who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

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