I received a most unsatisfactory reply from the company. I would encourage
any of you who feel as strongly about this 'teaching aid' as I do to also
email your concerns to the company.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3) <
FCollins@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
While the poster is visually attractive and demonstrates the great
diversity of birds in the USA, it is unfortunately typical of what passes
for educational materials. It is misleading, the small stylized birds have
little resemblance to the actual birds and the advertising dialogue is as
Jim states. And we wonder why the nation's youth are poorly educated?
Oh for the days of one room school houses. That is why so many families
are turning to home schooling. Fortunately many families attend out nature
classes which include outdoor activities where the see and experience the
real deal.
If you want to help kids learn about birds, take them birding. If you want
them to see the diversity of birds, take them to the zoo.
Fred Collins, Director
Kleb Woods Nature Center
20303 Draper Road,Tomball TX 77377
281-357-5324
Harris County Precinct 3
Steve Radack Commissioner
www.pct3.com
-----Original Message-----
From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jim Sinclair
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 9:03 AM
To: Monte <monte.phillips@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [texbirds] Re: Apologies up front...BUT
I respectfully disagree with your assessment of Cornell ornithology.
I have emailed a complaint to the poster company. They apparently supply
a lot of posters to schools. Were this poster to be used in a school
environment it would be a significant disservice to the students.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:42 AM, Monte <monte.phillips@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
True enough....but a neat poster, huh? ;) About as accurate as
Cornell ornithology though....probably where they got their information.
lol
On 10/30/2015 7:34 AM, Jim Sinclair wrote:
Uhm, first, there are more than 740 birds in North America. Second,
Hawaii is not part of North America. The poster does not even have
all of the regular Texas birds on it.
May be a nice poster, but the promotion material is patently false and
misleading.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Monte <monte.phillips@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think I found my Christmas gift for this year...Santa willing! This is
too cool. All 730 birds of No Amer on one poster. ;)
http://popchartlab.com/products/birds-of-north-america?trk_msg=7INTUD
R6643KD1GQ6QLVPLTU34&trk_contact=KDREVP9TKL6FTD3LK9CVIDVIUG&utm_sourc
e=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Sure+to+be+critically+ac-craned&u
tm_campaign=Birds
oh yeah, and to fulfill the basic requirements: the Sandhills and and
Teal are flying over for the past couple of days. May try to get to
Brazoria NWR this weekend, weather permitting Sunday? to catch a
glimpse of the Whooper.
--
Monte Phillips -
https://picasaweb.google.com/monte.phillips
-----------------------------------
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Mark Twain
Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at
//www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking
permission from the List Owner
--
Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA)
TOS Life Member
Kingsville, TX
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level
of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
--
Monte Phillips - https://picasaweb.google.com/monte.phillips
------------------------------
-----
"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and
Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making
mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes
from being corrected." GK Chesterton
--
Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA)
TOS Life Member
Kingsville, TX
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at
//www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking
permission from the List Owner
