Post: What would you do to combat this thinking?
Posted by cam on 4/27/08
I have a 10 year old girl in one of my science classes who
thinks that the possibility of climate change and global
warming is absurd and idiotic. We've been studying the
atmosphere and the water cycle, and I showed a united
streaming (discovery education) video that in part spoke
about the greenhouse gases and the changes that have
occurred in the last 100 years. She became so agitated and
vocal, that I had to address her concerns. I asked were she
got her information and she answered "Have you ever heard of
Glen Beck?"
Well, no, I've certainly never listened to him (a Rush
Limbaugh type)but I had heard of him, I said. "He's not a
scientist, is he?" I asked and she said no. When I asked
what she based her opinion on (other than what she'd
previously said) she said her evidence was "out there-you
just have to look." Not very scientific, but she is so
opinionated and makes her views VERY CLEAR, that I find it
quite unsettling. No matter what evidence I point to, she is
a nay-sayer- eyes rolling all the while.
We still have some earth day activities planned, and she is
such a distraction! Any ideas? A colleague suggested I
assign a paper or have a pro/con debate on the issue, but
she is the only one who holds these feelings, (and obviously
so does her mother!)
Posts on this thread, including this one
What would you do to combat this thinking?, 4/27/08, by cam.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 4/27/08, by anon.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 4/30/08, by Kevin.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/03/08, by BillofSC.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/03/08, by Joseph Stevens.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/04/08, by Darwin.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/04/08, by tamagosan.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/05/08, by Bill of SC.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/05/08, by Kevin.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/05/08, by Joseph .
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/05/08, by anon.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/05/08, by also anon.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/06/08, by Repeat after me: "I'm the boss, applesauce...".
Re: To "repeat after me...", 5/07/08, by cam.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/07/08, by Darwin.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/08/08, by cam.
Re: What would you do to combat this thinking?, 5/08/08, by Waski_the_Squirrel.
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