09/12/13
Posted on Wed 11 Sep 2013 09:12:34 PM EDT by Pajamajan
My roommate's 7 Yr old came home from school wearing red , white, and blue.
Out of curiosity, I asked her- Did she learn anything about 9/11 today?
She said yes, that her teacher told her about the planes that crashed into the buildings and blew up, because they ran out of gas.
(Unbelievable.)
I tried to talk to my roommate about these completely made up facts that were "taught" to her daughter, but, she said they "probably told the kids this because they are too young to understand what happened."
I then asked her -Did she think that it would be too hard for a child to understand that bad people did 9/11 on purpose?
She said no, but, that she's not really bothered by what the teacher said.
I further asked- Did she know what Pearl Harbor was?
She said yes, but that she didn't understand it until she was in high school.
I said OK, but, when you were in school, did any of your teachers ever tell you that Pearl Harbor was a series of boating accidents?
She said no.
I told her that I thought the teacher was wrong to give the kids false information.
Unfortunately, she didn't want to talk about it beyond that.
This is another sad example of what's going on in our education system. UGGGGhhhhh!!!!
Posted on Wed 11 Sep 2013 09:12:34 PM EDT by Pajamajan
My roommate's 7 Yr old came home from school wearing red , white, and blue.
Out of curiosity, I asked her- Did she learn anything about 9/11 today?
She said yes, that her teacher told her about the planes that crashed into the buildings and blew up, because they ran out of gas.
(Unbelievable.)
I tried to talk to my roommate about these completely made up facts that were "taught" to her daughter, but, she said they "probably told the kids this because they are too young to understand what happened."
I then asked her -Did she think that it would be too hard for a child to understand that bad people did 9/11 on purpose?
She said no, but, that she's not really bothered by what the teacher said.
I further asked- Did she know what Pearl Harbor was?
She said yes, but that she didn't understand it until she was in high school.
I said OK, but, when you were in school, did any of your teachers ever tell you that Pearl Harbor was a series of boating accidents?
She said no.
I told her that I thought the teacher was wrong to give the kids false information.
Unfortunately, she didn't want to talk about it beyond that.
This is another sad example of what's going on in our education system. UGGGGhhhhh!!!!
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