Politician Wants Sci-fi To Be Mandatory In School 295
Avantare writes "The first sci-fi novel I read was A Wrinkle in Time; the next was Dune. Why don't more people read these extraordinarily imaginative books? Delegate Ray Canterbury, who represents Greenbrier County in southern WV, wants to help with that. Canterbury introduced House Bill 2983, which reads, 'To stimulate interest in math and science among students in the public schools of this state, the State Board of Education shall prescribe minimum standards by which samples of grade-appropriate science fiction literature are integrated into the curriculum of existing reading, literature or other required courses for middle school and high school students.' For decades, walking around with a paperback sci-fi novel in your back pocket at school was the quickest way to find yourself permanently excluded from the cool-kid clique. But what if it wasn't just the geeks who read Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke? What if science fiction was mandatory reading for all students?"
By Science Fiction, does he mean.... (Score:5, Funny)
Creationism?
Re: Wrinkle (Score:5, Funny)
Look where that got us. The current crop of politicians thought 1984 was an instruction manual.
Re:By Science Fiction, does he mean.... (Score:2, Funny)
No, he means that stupid big explosion thingy that the scientific community drummed in order to keep pseudo-religious scientists content so they can all go back to work.