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I haven't had time to read the links but I don't think I need to. I've known for a while that science is being dumbed down and that learning science is being replaced by a discussion on science policy. Discussion of science in society and other social policy matters are vitally important but their place isn't in a science class. Science classes are there to impart the knowledge that informs the social debate and without such knowledge there can't be a reasoned debate.
Even 15 years ago some physical geography academics I know, who also did HSC exam marking at that time, were saying that they wouldn't recommend HSC geography to anyone. I also know that a very large number of students who enroll in uni chemistry, perhaps even a majority, have not done high school chemistry. Talk about being behind the eight-ball.
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