That is quite a journey! I hope that it wasn’t too fraught (learning shouldn’t have to be). Well done on making good of it!
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mineralfellow@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI was a YEC before going to university. I studied geology. After two years, I accepted that evolution happened. After four years, I was an atheist. I went on to get a doctorate, and I have published quite a few papers about rocks that are >2 billion years old.
As a kid, there were literally 0 authority figures in my life that accepted that evolution happened. It was taken as a given that it was ridiculous. My biology teacher skipped the chapter on evolution, saying, “this is controversial.”
Patience, love, and making critical information available gives kids like I was a chance.
fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
mineralfellow@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
An existential crisis is an important part of growing up.
dch82@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
How was that legal?
mineralfellow@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Private school, Mississippi.