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<p>Teachers say today&#39;s parents are often a little too controlling when it comes to their kids&#39; school experience &mdash; but does this parent have a point?</p><p>A mom <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/jk0dtg/aita_for_trying_to_get_a_teacher_fired_for/">wrote in to Reddit</a> asking if she was in the wrong for complaining about a teacher promoting &quot;intelligent design,&quot; or the idea that God is responsible for some things that would otherwise be explained by science.</p><h2>The mom says she&#39;s from western Europe:</h2><blockquote> <p>I recently moved from Western Europe to the US with my spouse who&#39;s originally from the US. Our kid enrolled in a local school which is open despite you-know-what.</p> <p>Apparently his &quot;science&quot; teacher will dedicate the next month of his class to the &quot;intelligent design&quot; theory. I could not believe my ears when I heard this.</p> </blockquote><h2>She can&#39;t believe this is part of the curriculum:</h2><blockquote> <p>Wtf is intelligent design and how on Earth did this make its way into the school curriculum? How can the government allow a science teacher present this alongside Darwinism as a valid school of thought? I saw red, I&#39;ll be honest.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>She &quot;confronted&quot; the teacher:</h2><blockquote> <p>Long story short I confronted the teacher. Won&#39;t lie, I laid it in thick and was pretty disparaging in my commentary. I remained civil and criticized only the theory itself though. I demanded this is taken out of the curriculum. Teacher disagreed strongly and I escalated to the principal who backed him up.</p> </blockquote><h2>She wants to take things further:</h2><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m now looking for legal ways to escalate further and at this stage I want the teacher removed from his position as I think he&#39;s unqualified to teach science to anybody let alone impressionable teenagers.</p> <p>Some folks tell me &quot;when in Rome (or Southern US in this case)..&quot; and all that.</p> </blockquote><h2>Also, the teaching of intelligent design isn&#39;t a state requirement:</h2><blockquote> <p>I should clarify, the teacher has a certain level of control over the curriculum. It&#39;s clear teaching intelligent design is not mandated by the state.</p> </blockquote><h2>She can&#39;t even believe this is happening:</h2><blockquote> <p>I frankly have my mind blown anyone would think this is acceptable. In my home country it would have made front page and the school administration would be on the street looking for new jobs for being dumb beyond what&#39;s legal under our Constitution. Reddit, give me a new perspective - am I being culturally insensitive?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The people of Reddit agree that she&#39;s right to be indignant, and that there&#39;s nothing wrong with fighting pseudoscience in the classroom.</h2><p>User ew_dav1d gives some insight:</p><blockquote> <p>This is a fight worth fighting.</p> <p>Something interesting to know about the US is how text books are made and distributed. California and Texas are the two biggest buyers of text books, so often times the rest of the country gets whatever Curriculum they get. If you&rsquo;re near texas (which sounds like you are) you&rsquo;re going to get text books based on what texas law makers have decided texas students should learn. Which is creationism. Total bullshit of course.</p> </blockquote><p>Harlequinnx adds some context:</p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m from Kansas and there was a huge deal in my state growing up with intelligent design being included in the State science curriculum at one point. The Flying Spaghetti Monster was invented over all that hullabaloo. All of the teachers I knew were extremely and openly critical of the intelligent design stuff, and rightly so.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Justwanttocomment9 says:</p><blockquote> <p>Courts have ruled this unconstitutional. You may have to escalate pretty far, but you are absolutely right, and that is ridiculous. You&#39;ll be doing the entire world a favor if you help improve education in a backwards part of the world.</p> </blockquote><p>Herefiraita says this mom isn&#39;t alone:</p><blockquote> <p>My daughter (also in the Southeast) has a health teacher who spouts antivaxxer rhetoric as fact. A HEALTH teacher. If we weren&#39;t moving out of state tomorrow I would do the same thing. Now, I have no problem with the intelligent design concept being taught if its in, say, a comparative religion class, or as a means of comparing the two. But in a science class.... that&#39;s not okay.</p> </blockquote><p>Sensitive_AD_1063 adds:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Omg, my first question is &ldquo;what state did you move to&rdquo;?!</p> <p>In my state, any teacher who mentioned Intelligent Design would be laughed out of the classroom. Are you in TX, AL, etc?</p> <p>You are absolutely right, that teaching religion like this is unconstitutional, but it&rsquo;s still happening.</p> <p>You can try the ACLU, but welcome to the USA. :(</p> </blockquote><h2>So this is one instance where being a &quot;helicopter parent&quot; is justified.</h2><p>Good luck to this mom. She&#39;ll need it!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mom asks if she's wrong to try and get teacher fired for teaching 'intelligent design.'

Teachers say today&#39;s parents are often a little too controlling when it comes to their kids&#39; school experience &mdash; but does this parent have a point?A mom wrote in to Reddit asking if she was in the wrong for complaining about a teacher promoting &quot;intelligent design,&quot; or the idea that God is responsible for some things that would otherwise be explained by science.The mom says she&#39;s from western Europe: I recently moved from Western Europe to the US with my spouse who&#39;s originally from the US. Our kid enrolled in a local school which is open despite you-know-what. Apparently his &quot;science&quot; teacher will dedicate the next month of his class to the &quot;intelligent design&quot; theory. I could not believe my ears when I heard this. She can&#39;t believe this is part of the curriculum: Wtf is intelligent design and how on Earth did this make its way into the school curriculum? How can the government allow a science teacher present this alongside Darwinism as a valid school of thought? I saw red, I&#39;ll be honest. She &quot;confronted&quot; the teacher: Long story short I confronted the teacher. Won&#39;t lie, I laid it in thick and was pretty disparaging in my commentary. I remained civil and criticized only the theory itself though. I demanded this is taken out of the curriculum. Teacher disagreed strongly and I escalated to the principal who backed him up. She wants to take things further: I&#39;m now looking for legal ways to escalate further and at this stage I want the teacher removed from his position as I think he&#39;s unqualified to teach science to anybody let alone impressionable teenagers. Some folks tell me &quot;when in Rome (or Southern US in this case)..&quot; and all that. Also, the teaching of intelligent design isn&#39;t a state requirement: I should clarify, the teacher has a certain level of control over the curriculum. It&#39;s clear teaching intelligent design is not mandated by the state. She can&#39;t even believe this is happening: I frankly have my mind blown anyone would think this is acceptable. In my home country it would have made front page and the school administration would be on the street looking for new jobs for being dumb beyond what&#39;s legal under our Constitution. Reddit, give me a new perspective - am I being culturally insensitive? The people of Reddit agree that she&#39;s right to be indignant, and that there&#39;s nothing wrong with fighting pseudoscience in the classroom.User ew_dav1d gives some insight: This is a fight worth fighting. Something interesting to know about the US is how text books are made and distributed. California and Texas are the two biggest buyers of text books, so often times the rest of the country gets whatever Curriculum they get. If you&rsquo;re near texas (which sounds like you are) you&rsquo;re going to get text books based on what texas law makers have decided texas students should learn. Which is creationism. Total bullshit of course. Harlequinnx adds some context: I&#39;m from Kansas and there was a huge deal in my state growing up with intelligent design being included in the State science curriculum at one point. The Flying Spaghetti Monster was invented over all that hullabaloo. All of the teachers I knew were extremely and openly critical of the intelligent design stuff, and rightly so. Justwanttocomment9 says: Courts have ruled this unconstitutional. You may have to escalate pretty far, but you are absolutely right, and that is ridiculous. You&#39;ll be doing the entire world a favor if you help improve education in a backwards part of the world. Herefiraita says this mom isn&#39;t alone: My daughter (also in the Southeast) has a health teacher who spouts antivaxxer rhetoric as fact. A HEALTH teacher. If we weren&#39;t moving out of state tomorrow I would do the same thing. Now, I have no problem with the intelligent design concept being taught if its in, say, a comparative religion class, or as a means of comparing the two. But in a science class.... that&#39;s not okay. Sensitive_AD_1063 adds: Omg, my first question is &ldquo;what state did you move to&rdquo;?! In my state, any teacher who mentioned Intelligent Design would be laughed out of the classroom. Are you in TX, AL, etc? You are absolutely right, that teaching religion like this is unconstitutional, but it&rsquo;s still happening. You can try the ACLU, but welcome to the USA. :( So this is one instance where being a &quot;helicopter parent&quot; is justified.Good luck to this mom. She&#39;ll need it!

Teachers say today&#39;s parents are often a little too controlling when it comes to their kids&#39; school experience &mdash; but does this parent have a point?  A mom wrote in to Reddit asking if she was in the wrong for complaining...

Mom asks if she's wrong to try and get teacher fired for teaching 'intelligent design.'

The mom says she's from western Europe:

She can't believe this is part of the curriculum: