Does Alex Lee I Biology Class Support Intelligent Design?

Does Alex Lee I Biology Class Support Intelligent Design?A music teacher recently asked me about Alex Lee I Biology class, and how he was teaching it. She said she was worried that her son is not doing well in the class and felt that he was being steered towards social studies when he should be taught about evolution. I'd like to offer a couple of observations about that issue. Hopefully they will help to guide parents in how to best address these concerns.First, I don't think evolution is 'distorted' in any way. It's a great theory that tells us about the origins of life on this planet. It's a theory that many people have enjoyed for many years and one that has been given an enormous amount of support in the scientific community. I personally love it. I've taught other classes that taught a little bit about evolution, but never came close to the breadth and depth of evolution in biology as I do in biology.I do think that there are some problems with evolution, though. One problem is that Darwinian evolution and Intelligent Design seem to be at odds.The reason that evolutionary theorists consider intelligent design in such negative terms is that the theory is highly speculative. Evolutionists are highly skeptical about intelligent design because it provides very little information about the history of life or its current state, and so there are many questions that are not answered by evolutionary theory.However, I've come to believe that in addition to the specific technical issues involved with the scientific aspects of evolution, there is something that makes evolutionary theory difficult to work with. I call it 'poetic license'. Poetic license is the idea that in addition to holding to established facts, even if they contradict one's own personal beliefs, evolutionists must also get comfortable with the idea that humans are similar to other animals.How could the evolution of an animal be different from that of a human? That would require a whole new approach to understanding the evolutionary process. It's almost impossible to do. However, as evolutionists we do feel free to entertain different ideas in biology.Parents' considerations about how to deal with evolution will probably be influenced by their own personal views and experiences. They may be interested in allowing their child to explore the possibilities offered by creationist theories. Parents should feel free to take steps that support their own personal views and values, rather than simply adopting their child's views on evolution.