I'd like to know: Who did the survey? Who was asked? This sounds -- shall we say -- unlikely?!? Katharine At 10:04 PM 3/13/2000 +0000, you wrote: >Harry: > >And today's International Herald Tribune reports 83% of US population >waant so-called "Creation Science" taught in public schools, though 79% >generously agree to the teaching of biology and palaeontology as well... > >What has happened to the Land of the Free? > > >Patrick > >========================== > >On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Harold Needham wrote: > >> Achtung! >> >> Ja, ve haf to protect ze younk minds from zis Entartete Kunst, just like ve >> did in ze good oldt days...und heaven help you if you haf on your vebsite >> Entartete Musik, like Kalman's opera which ve supressed very successfully, >> "Die Herzogin von Chicago". Unfortunately, ve were not zo successful wiz dot >> 3 groschen opera. >> >> 'Bout time for another Scopes monkey trial, good people. Ze mind do boggle >> some. I regret to have to admit that we are seeing instances of the same >> attitude among certain Canadian school boards out west. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: laura dickstein <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 11:06 AM >> Subject: NYC B of Ed Says No to Museum Web sites??? >> >> >> > (Please excuse the cross-posting) >> > >> > Hi Everyone, >> > >> > I had an interesting discussion yesterday with a group of 25 New York City >> > public school teachers. They were telling me that it is very hard for >> them >> > to find the time to get to visit museums. I suggested that they might try >> > to review museum resources on the Internet and was told the following >> > astonishing fact (?): The NYC Board of Education has put up firewalls >> > against museum Web sites. According to this group of teachers, it seems >> > the B of Ed. doesn't want students to have the liberty to access museum >> Web >> > sites because they might contain things that are so-called inappropriate >> > for children. Has anyone else heard this? Is this happening in other >> > communities? If this is the case, this obviously has serious implications >> > for museums. >> > >> > >> > __________________________________________________ >> > Arts and Museum Education Consultant & >> > Doctoral Candidate A.B.D., Arts & Humanities, >> > Teachers College Columbia University & >> > Faculty, Creative Arts Laboratory, >> > Teachers College Columbia University >> > [log in to unmask] >> > __________________________________________________ >> > >> > ========================================================= >> > Important Subscriber Information: >> > >> > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >> http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >> information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message >> to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" >> (without the quotes). >> > >> > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >> [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >> Museum-L" (without the quotes). >> > >> >> ========================================================= >> Important Subscriber Information: >> >> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). >> >> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). >> > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > mailto:[log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).