Note: I survived my first week of the semester, and I’m a bit salty about re-taking Chemistry 1 (even though it was entirely my choice, as I passed the class last semester). So, I’m gonna shamelessly go after my private Christian school’s ludicrous views on science… again. 

Despite all of the political bullshit that has gone on this year (so far), I am still attending university in-person in downtown Denver. Moreover, I’m studying Biology- a scientific study whose basis relies entirely on the Theory of Evolution. 

Those who know me know that I attended a tiny, private Christian school for exactly one year in high school. Despite advertising themselves as “nondenominational”, I quickly discovered that school was anything but nondenominational. Unfortunately, I couldn’t switch schools because my parents had already paid my tuition in full for that year, and the school refused to refund any of it. 

Very long story short, that school broke whatever was left of the Christian faith I’d retained from childhood. They taught Young Earth Creationism (YEC)- the idea that earth is only around 6,000 years old, and God killed the dinosaurs and carved the Grand Canyon with Noah’s flood some 4,000 years ago- like it was gospel. In fact, they accused Christians who rejected YEC of not actually being Christians, and spent all of my “Chemistry” class in that school trying to “prove” that evolution was wrong, and Darwin was burning in hell for “deceiving” so many people. 

I wish I was exaggerating, but this was the same school that had us watch Trump’s Inauguration into his first term live, while feeding us red, white, and blue cupcakes and making us pray for him in front of the American flag on National Flag Day. 

Needless to say, I’m still very salty about my experiences at that Christian school. Though, in hindsight, I can’t exactly say that I regret going there. Though that’s another topic for another day.