Florida: It is better to remain silent and thought a fool...

Florida has been toying with the idea of tinkering with their science standards and possibly, just maybe, replacing the words "changes over time" with "evolution" in their public schools. Some members of the public have, unfortunately, chosen to open their mouths and remove all doubt.

- "How can anyone accept the theory of evolution? The last time I went to the zoo the monkeys weren't evolving into a man."

Somebody skipped their high school lecture on hypothesis testing.

- "Are we begging for trouble or what? For goodness sakes remember your audience. We are a part of the Bible Belt. Why open old wounds. This could be titled something different. Why not just diversity?"

- "I strongly disagree with the term 'evolution' being used in kindergarten or any grade level. I would change the term 'evolution' to a more user friendly term such as
'adaptations.'"

In other news, students will now call hurricanes vanilla rainbow cotton candy clouds and "Calculus Class" will now be called "Finger painting with Mr. Jeepers".