[lit-ideas] Re: "education"
- From: Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:32:57 -0800 (PST)
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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