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Skeptical Ninja of the Week: Zack Kopplin
It’s never easy to go against the grain, especially in high school. But that is what Zack Kopplin is doing. Zack is 17-year-old high school senior at Baton Rouge Magnet High School. What sets him apart from his peers – and why we’re making him this week’s Skeptical Ninja – is his tireless efforts in ridding creationism from Louisiana’s science classrooms.…
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Escape from the Woo Zoo: How Someone Else’s Fight Told Me Who I Am
This is part of our Teen Skepchick series, Escape from the Woo Zoo, in which regular people tell stories of how they gave up unsubstantiated beliefs in favor of evidence and skepticism. When I was young, my mom was in charge of the after school care across town, so I rode the bus from my school to her’s every weekday. There…
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A Reinvigorated Teen Skepchick, plus Embarrassing Revelations about My Math Skills
Oh! I didn’t see you there. Hello, and let me introduce you to the reinvigorated Teen Skepchick. My name is Mindy, and I’m the site administrator. I don’t have the expected background for a skeptic, and I suppose I have taken a long and winding road to this place. So, how did I get here? I suppose it started years…
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