Well, I'm a terrible daughter.

Why? Because I was borrowing mom's earrings, and one of them fell out of my ear.

I wasn't being irresponsible, it just fell out of my ear. These things happen. Of course, it happened to be a solid gold earring.

At least she never wears them, I said. She got mad.

Well, she didn't get mad. She gave me a guilt trip - which isn't particularily fair, because I didn't actually do anything wrong, but anyways, I feel bad.

I would be annoyed too if I was in her position. But it wasn't anybody's fault. And making me feel guilty about it isn't going to help anything.

She also got mad at me because I wanted to watch Larry King Live over MASH. We had already watched JAG, and one episode of MASH, I hadn't chosen one thing. I just wanted to watch a half hour debate on Intelligent Design being taught in schools (or rather the evidence against Dawin's theory being presented). She had left for a bit, she came back, I had changed the channel, and she asked "are you going to be watching that?". I said yes, and then she spazzed. In the end, I watched it upstairs.

I can't stand it when mom is stressed. It makes my life miserable.

Now, regarding the debate.

There was an extremely religious (and annoying) pastor on there. He could barely bring himself to say that Adam and Eve shouldn't be taught in schools.

The rational people on the panel agreed on the same point: it's fair that the strongest evidence for and against Darwin's theory should be presented. I agree with this. Keep God out of it, I say. God isn't science, God is faith. He should be taught in churches, homes, and private schools - not public school science classrooms. With that being said, though, I think that teachers should be allowed to present both sides of the issue. As it stands now, many teachers in the US are not allowed to display any articles or ideas critisizing Darwin - it puts their reputation and job at stake. That is something that I don't agree with.

It would be very difficult to accurately present both the fors and againsts for Darwin. There seems to be a shortage of teachers capable of teaching something in a non biased way. So you'd either get someone who protrays Darwin in a bad way or the evidence against in a bad way. Open up Pandora's box and there would be fire from all sides.

On the other hand, to not be able to present arguments from the opposing sides seems wrong.

I don't know what the solution is. Maybe just find good teachers. Present both sides fairly and accurately, and let the students gather their own opinions. By the age that evolution is taught, students should be smart enough to figure out what they believe, or have already learned it already. Who knows, maybe it would encourage them to think a little bit.