[Taxacom] Fw: botany removed from highschool curriculum in USA]

[Robin Leech]

Hi Taxacomers,
This was sent to me today by a botanist friend in Ontario.
Robin 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Freek Vrugtman 
To: Robin Leech 
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 6:38 PM
Subject: [Fwd: botany removed from highschool curriculum in USA]


Robin,
Just received






One of the items discussed at the Janet Meakin Poor Symposium at Chicago Botanic Garden on Friday is the just-announced removal of botany and photosynthesis, in their entireties, from the national senior year high school biology curriculum in the USA. Apparently whoever (or whatever) makes decisions like that feels there is too much in genetics, molecular biology and medicine that needs to be covered to include plants, too.



Ah well, who needs to know the basics.

Freek








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