Kids will be told that they are failures, just like what happened with low test scores on reading and math. Then there will begin to be an emphasis on science again. And it doesn't have to be that way. You can have literacy and science. I certainly disagree with that.
People learn from experience and from assembling information gathered from firsthand experiences.
A recent study undertaken by biology teachers and curriculum specialists concluded that the 10 most-used high school biology books are not terribly useful in helping students learn science. The study, conducted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061, found that the books are loaded with facts for students to memorize, but lack adequate explanations of the underlying scientific theory. Not much learning of biology is going to take place while using these books. When science is ignored in the lower grades, the effect extends into middle school, high school and college, says Janulaw. Obviously, when kids come to middle school and high school, they are going to have much less basic knowledge and understanding of concepts, and they're not going to know how to function in a science classroom.