• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    11 hours ago

    I’ve never heard of it before now, so here’s a summary for anyone else with a major gap in their education:

    The Scopes trial was a famous legal case in Tennessee where a teacher was accused of violating a law that banned the teaching of evolution in public schools.

    Evolution was never specifically covered in my education. I remember at least one class skipping it on purpose because evolution was controversial and the instructor was not going to get consent forms for every student.

    • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      Wild. I learned evolution. It was a whole segment in science class around the 8th grade. Blue state education… can’t believe we used to make fun of it.