[lit-ideas] Re: "education"
- From: "Steven G. Cameron" <stevecam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:52:01 -0500
**That may be risky. Teachers often have a tendency to deal harshly
with non-conforming students...
TC,
JulieReneB@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm thinking this is somehow a result of "No Child Left Behind"......no to
> the reality show, as to "Language Arts" it is a separate subject from
> "Reading"
> and seems to be comprised of exceedingly rudimentary grammar (underline the
> verb and tell whether it is past, present, or future) and learning to
> recognize
> appropriate sequencing. Frankly, I'm thinking of printing off all of the
> lit-id's responses to this assignment, stapling them together, and turning
> them in
> to the teacher for her <g>.
> Julie
>
>
>
> ========Original Message========
> Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: "education"
> Date:3/16/2004 12:33:19 PM Central Standard Time
> From:teme17@xxxxxxxxx
> To:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent on:
>
> For the first time in quite a while I'm absolutely
> speachless. Is that a learning experience?
>
> Is your family on some reality TV show?
>
> And what is/are "Language Arts"?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Teemu
> Helsinki, Finland
>
> --- JulieReneB@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>My 6th grade daughter has an assignment for
>>"Language Arts". It's one of
>>those instances of "there is absolutely no way to
>>appropriately complete the
>>assignment". Things like this just baffle me --
>>what exactly is she supposed to
>>be learning from this?? I have replicated the
>>assignment below. Maybe some
>>mind-altering substance would help...
>>~~~~~~~~~
>>Explain why each of the following is not a correct
>>cause and effect sequence
>>of events. Then, on the back or a separate sheet of
>>paper write a correct
>>cause and effect sequence using the same starting
>>event.
>>
>>1. Event 1: Mr. Wartbat discovers his house is
>>infested with rats.
>>
>> Event 2: The rats laugh at Mr. Wartbat
>>behind his back.
>>
>> Event 3: Mr. Wartbat has no idea he is being
>>mocked.
>>
>> Event 4: The rats wait until he is asleep
>>and paint a false mustache
>>on Mr. Wartbat.
>>
>>
>>2. Event 1: Millie the dog scratches all day.
>>
>> Event 2: Millie has hundreds of fleas.
>>
>> Event 3: The fleas form a circus.
>>
>> Event 4: Millie watches the fleas for hours
>>as they practice their
>>trapeze act.
>>
>>
>>3. Event 1: Detective Burton finds hair and
>>glass at the crime scene.
>>
>> Event 2: Detective Burton hates his job.
>>
>> Event 3: Detective Burton applies for early
>>retirement
>>
>> Event 4: The hair belongs to the first
>>suspect.
>>
>>~~~~~~~
>>
>>Some could make sense -- like Millie the dog has
>>hundreds of fleas causes
>>Millie the dog scratches all day (however, in that
>>one, the first event is
>>supposed to stay the same which makes it impossible
>>to .....oh never mind).
>>
>>
>>
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