Well-educated students would be able to visit a site like this: http://creation.com/ and realize that their conclusions are flawed because their methods are wrong: http://creation.com/about-us#what_we_believe They would be able to clearly and persuasively articulate why the conclusions are incorrect.

If we teach science as a collection of facts that you believe because the authority (your teacher) said so, then we aren't preparing students to think for themselves.