After hundreds of UC's posts that are in conflict with evolution, which is taught in all of academia from elementary school to the highest graduate levels, Andy comes up with a clever comment that is an economy of words but so profound:
AndyDufresne wrote:I can just imagine the doublethink that went on inside UC's head when he was taking science exams in school and/or college.
--Andy
Yes, Andy, Anthropology subjects were difficult for me. I'll share one incident for you: Anthropology class: The professor said the Bible contradicts itself. I raised my hand, she called on me, I asked her where was the contradiction. The professor replied all over the place. I asked her to provide one.
[Now mind you, there were 120 kids in the class and I was not sitting in the front row, so when I would talk, 120 heads swiveled at me, then back at her, then back at me. Almost comical.]
She said with the Genesis flood, the Bible says it rained 40 days and then in another place it says it rained 150 days. I replied that that is not what it says, it says that it rained for 40 days and 40 nights and the flood waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days. And yes I had my Bible, so I quoted it for her. When I finished reading and looked up, the entire class swiveled theirs heads back at her, she was pissed! turned a shade of red and said, look, I'm not here to discuss all the errors in the Bible that would take too long...We are here to discuss the evolution of mankind.
Needless to say, though I knew the material forwards and backwards and regurgitated the information for the exams, they were essay and subjective, and I was receiving unfavorable grades that did not mirror my knowledge of the subject. So I went to the Dean, mind you, not to toot my horn, but I was competing for academic honors for the class, which I did not receive at that university, While sitting in front of the Dean to discuss the matter, I noticed the dean and my professor had the same last name. I asked him if they were married, he said yes. I asked him if he knew of me being a student in your wife's class, he said yes. I asked him, then there is nothing I can do but repeat the class, he smiled and said correct. For which I did with another professor to raise a D to A. But it cost me time and money. Score: +1 Anthropology Professor, +1 Mr. Dean, +0 UC.
God Bless Andy and his uplifting Star Trek GIFs
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:49 pm
