[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'185306\' date=\'May 3 2008, 06:50 PM\']The moon landing very well may have been faked, or it may not have been. While I'm not necessarily taking a stance on either side of that issue; I think high schoolers are old enough to make that kind of decision for themselves.[/quote]
OK, we're going pretty far afield here, but I'm willing to keep this line of discussion going to a point. Exactly who gets to decide that the moon landing "may very well have been faked"? And how do high schoolers get to make the decision for themselves that this piece of history being taught to them in school is true, and that piece of history being taught to them in school is false? There are still people today who will say that the earth is flat. Is there a side of THAT issue you want to take a stance on?
A legitimate discussion about something like the origin of the universe is one thing. But teaching bizarre conspiracy theories as absolute fact is simply unconscionable, and tenure or not, something really ought to be done about that.