Reply #26: I'm a HS Physics and Earth Science teacher in San Diego . . . [View All]

[Klimmer]

Unified School District. I teach science not politics. I went and saw "An Inconvenient Truth" at the theater when it opened with another colleague, and purchased my own copy as soon as it became available on DVD. All of my students will see the movie at some point this school year.

Real science following the scientific method is undebatable. We have the evidence and validation of the hypothesis, and all the overwhelming support for the theory of Global Warming built up over many years of international study on our side. In the "true" ethical, verifiable scientific arena there is no debate --- global warming is happening and quicker than we imagined.

Screw NSTA. I will attend their annual national conferences when they are in my neck of the woods, because it is an incredible show and learning experience for science educators, but I don't let them dictate what I teach or don't teach in the classroom. I only purchase a membership when I need to go to the big conference.

There are "quasi" scientists and scientific organizations that are unethical, fraudulent and they will be found out. That is the beauty of real science. It is self-correcting. The national leaders of NSTA need to pull their heads out of their --- you know what.