Atlanta, GA: A suburban school board in 2002 placed sitckers inside biology textbooks reading "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered."

A federal court judge ruled that the stickers amounted to an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion... I'm sorry maybe I didn't read the passage above correctly. All the sticker did was encourage students to critically think about material they are supposed to learn. Along with some of my previous postings, I think this is a major part of why the education system in the United States is at such a deplorable state.

There is absolutely nothing religious stated in that sticker. The only reason why anyone even associates religion with those stickers is solely circumstantial. If this sticker was placed in these textbooks at the beginning of the 1990's no one would even speculate that this was an attempt to add Christian teachings into the classroom. But, since everyone is squabbling over God and Darwin, everything must be about those two.

Now, I'm not saying that the sticker wasn't an attempt to bring creationism teachings, I'm actually positive that the sticker was trying to accomplish exactly that. However, the literal message of the sticker itself simply asks that our students think for themselves instead of mindlessly swallowing what their instructor gives them to eat.

I mean this story could easily have the headline: "Judge overturns critical thinking in classrooms." Of course that's not the intention of the judge, however look at the story literally. A sticker that asks students to question and debate topics in school is "unconstitutional".

So instead of our students thinking critically and debating school issues, our education system deems it proper that they be spoon-fed information instead.

Any theory with no scientific backing does not belong in the biology classroom, creationism included. But this doesn't mean that the only plausible theory is to be taken as fact. Even the thought of this should make me laugh, however it's a sad reality that our education system encourages unblinking trust.

Trust is to be earned, not forced. And if you ask me, our education system has not earned my trust. It's absolutely absurd. Our education system is attempting to bring non-science into science classrooms. This is the state of our education system.

While other countries are trying to improve their students' capabilities, our nation is arguing about a theory which asks people to believe in an invisible man who lives in the sky and controls every ounce of existence in the known universe, on top of that this invisible man speaks to and through men in robes who molest children. A very convincing theory indeed, AND THIS IS WHAT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS ARGUING ABOUT.

Only in a nation where there is such abundance and waste can you find abundance of stupidity and waste of potential. Students with the capabilities to learn just as well as kids in other countries need to be reminded that they're not supposed to question anything they're taught.

If god does exist, why would he knowingly cause such a disruption to kids? Why would he allow children to grow up ignorant and underutilized in his name?