Science & Politics

Because I know sooooo much about both these things, yup.
So I googled "science and politics" and found this lovely article:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0927/p11s02-bogn.html

Skimming over it, it reminded me of "separation of church and state"... but instead "separation of science and state." I found that often, scientific or medical issues also had to do with morals: Stem-cell research, creationism, abortion, global warming. It also pointed out a stereotype of republicans wanting less involvement or freedom toward these issues (no abortion, no stem-cell research etc.) whereas democrats were much more open...


Also, I read today a post from Mrs. Gallagher's article about how she never saw her grades, never shows her kids their grades, and tries to focus away from grades in her class... I had heard about this and at first i didn't like the idea of focusing on "learning" more than grades, but after she shared the story of frustrations with parent-teacher conferences and only talking about grades, I understood more why she wouldn't want to focus on grades (i feel like if i learned a lot though, I would probably do better on work)