[lit-ideas] Re: "education"
- From: "Steven G. Cameron" <stevecam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:53:26 -0500
**Sorry, it is confusing -- happy to report my children are older and
past those inane exercises. One minor note: Mr. Warbat's house is
already known to him. He can, however, discover the rats in it...
TC,
/Steve Cameron, NJ
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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