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by slenk 2405 days ago
As I interpret it, it says if you get a scientific question wrong, but "believe" it's actually right, they will be given a correct answer.

They doesn't seem good to me. Are we reverting to a time where science was scoffed? Where people believed the Earth is the center of the universe? Because it seems like this is how it happens.

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It specifically says that a student cannot be penalized OR rewarded for the religious portion of the answer and it must be marked on academic merit and substance.

That does not mean they get marks for what they believe.