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A 1999 survey sponsored by the People for the American Way looked at attitudes toward the teaching of evolution and creationism in public schools and found that:
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| • | 13 percent of respondents said that evolution and creationism should be taught as competing views in science classrooms. |
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| • | 66 percent of respondents wanted only evolution taught as science. |
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| • | 16 percent believed that only creationism should be taught. |
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| • | Half of Americans surveyed believed that evolution is "far from being proven scientifically." |
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Describe how the attitudes reflected in this poll might influence the teaching of evolution in high school biology classes.
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