I find it interesting that John Bice is completely opposed to any mention of creation science in schools but not to the sole teaching of evolution ("Creationism in schools at fault for nation's dwindling science skills" SN 4/25).

Indoctrinating students to believe in evolution is OK, but even hinting that there are other options is causing students to be "poorly informed."

How about teaching the evidence for and against evolution, thereby allowing students to decide for themselves? If the evidence for evolution is as strong as Mr. Bice suggests, he should have no objection to this. This would also be a great improvement to education because it would teach students how to develop their own opinions based on observed evidence (which is what science is all about). Since creation would not be taught at all, separation of church and state would also not be an issue. I do not see how anyone could object to this, unless evolutionists truly are afraid that their theory is in crisis.

Andrew Mead
physics freshman