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My son's class today learned there are 9 planets in the Solar System

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  • #32
    Marcusm
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    kylith wrote: »

    I'd be inclined to have a go at them over the letter rather than Pluto; the kids can relearn the solar system later, spelling and grammar is magnitudes more important, and if the school can't send out something properly written then I'd doubt their ability to teach it.

    I'd definitely point out the errors (in as snarky a manner as possible) but I wouldn't generally expect a Montessori to be teaching spelling and grammar to a 4 year old. You'd have to go Froebel for that!


  • #33
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    How ye could even give a **** I don't understand


  • #34
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    How did he get on with differential calculus?

    I presume there were no problems there.


  • #35
    DesperateDan
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    I would almost guarantee you every primary school and secondary school in the country still teaches children that Pluto is a planet. Sorry but you should find more important things to waste your time on :D


  • #36
    cowzerp
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    Should be fun when they start teaching religious FACTS!!

    Rush Boxing club and Rush Martial Arts head coach.



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  • #37
    alphabeat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭alphabeat


    'A planet once again
    A planet once again
    they dropped it to 8 but its back up to nine
    Its a planet once agaaaiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnn '


  • #38
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    You should do what they did in the secretary and mark all the spelling mistakes in red pen, then spank the arse off of'em.


  • #39
    say_who_now?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 925 ✭✭✭say_who_now?


    Send the boy into space to check for himself!


  • #40
    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    guinang wrote: »
    Thinly veiled 'my child is so intelligent'.

    Well he obviously isn't, he thinks there are nine planets! There's a grim future on his horizon. "would you like fries with that?".. ha, nine planets. :rolleyes:


  • #41
    anncoates
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    Make a huge deal about it here, to the creche and to your four year old thus kick-starting the overbearing, competitive, middle-class goal emphasizing that will alienate your kid into mangling his grammar; becoming a drug-dealer and getting horrid, common girls from community schools up the duff just to irritate you.


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  • #42
    ch750536
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    telecaster wrote: »
    My 4 year old goes to Montessori 5 days per week. He had been attending attended a pre-school group 3 days a week the previous year and was due to do his 5 days per week there this year.

    However, his teachers said he was ready to do more learning than play, and they, - to their great credit, - recommended that he would flourish more in a Montessori environment. And So we switched him to the local Montessori.

    The Montessori clearly has a sniff of itself:.Badged uniforms, fees above the state subsidised scheme, a rather patronising tone to parents etc.

    We received 2 letters in the post from the Montessori ahead of the term starting. These were guidelines about how the school is run, procedural information, lunch details etc. Both of these official-styled correspondences were riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. I counted 25 errors in on one page which had no more than 6 paragraphs. It looked as if though some of the more advanced kids at the school had composed the letter as a project.

    My concern that there they are doltards at the helm was growing.

    Today my son came home and told me he'd learned learnt all about the solar system at school. He told me there were are 9 planets. I told him there is 8, and counted them out to him. He told me I missed Pluto.

    I don't expect absolutely everyone to know that Pluto was reclassified some years back and is no longer considered a planet. I do expect a professional educator to know it though.

    I don't want to humiliate or embarass the Montessori owner/teacher, but I'm concerned my kid is going to be less wise after the year's years experience than before it.

    What would you do in my position?

    You speak betterer english!


  • #43
    JohnMarston
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    Whats the point in demoting a planet anyway? Arrogance on our part tbh


  • #44
    CH3OH
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    telecaster wrote: »
    I don't want to humiliate or embarass the Montessori owner/teacher
    What would you do in my position?

    If you want to embarrass him/her over their spelling, it is important to have the spelling of the word correct;)


  • #45
    mitosis
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    OP, does your child believe in Santa, Mother Goose, the Tooth Fairy?

    Let him believe in Pluto too.


  • #46
    Max Power1
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    Snowie wrote: »
    or better still write him a letter :eek:
    Or get the child to write the letter.... the owner may understand it then


  • #47
    kylith
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    Marcusm wrote: »
    I'd definitely point out the errors (in as snarky a manner as possible) but I wouldn't generally expect a Montessori to be teaching spelling and grammar to a 4 year old. You'd have to go Froebel for that!
    Mark each error in red pen and grade it :D

    I mightn't expect them to teach any spelling beyond 'cat', but I would expect them to lead by example. Kids pick up on things they see around the place, signs, etc. There's rarely an excuse for bad grammar or spelling.


  • #48
    telecaster
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    CH3OH wrote: »
    If you want to embarrass him/her over their spelling, it is important to have the spelling of the word correct;)

    I'd like to thank you for sticking your 'r' in


  • #49
    Capt'n Midnight
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    westendgirlie wrote: »
    Ah, you have to send the letter back to them. Use a red pen and circle all the errors. Don't forget to write "could do better" at the bottom.
    +1

    If you are going to send a letter you should plan it.


  • #50
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Go down with these letters and your knowledge of the solar system, ask them why they're so stuck up and why their rates are so high. Go on to ask why it is that they struggle to write a piece of text and are clearly ill-informed and spreading this misinformation to your children.
    They may only be 4 years old but at this age they're taking their teacher's words as gospel, when they come home to find they were told something that isn't true this could be difficult for them.

    Personally I wouldn't send my child to a Montessori. They're children, let them play and grow their social skills. That's the purpose of play school.


  • #51
    DavyD_83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭DavyD_83


    Feck that, Pluto's still a planet in my book.

    It's in the same category as Opal Fruits don't exist anymore. (stupid starburst! - They're Opal Fruits Damit!)

    If i just ignore the facts i'm happier
    Sometimes the truth is just less interesting


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  • #52
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    ch750536 wrote: »
    You speak betterer english!

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055747615

    Reading English comes in handy as well. :P


  • #53
    Sarky
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    Rigol wrote: »
    No mommy Pluto is not a planet, it was re-classified 3 years ago by Prof gringinwaldensfeld of harvard university astronomy department in a paper titled 'daddy why are there stars'.

    what are you expecting of a 4/5/6 year old?

    No mommy a spider isnt an insect its an arachnid, no mommy the sea isn't blue thats just the atmosphere reflecting on the surface, in fact water has no colour.

    I was totally like that at that age. If OP's kid gets the chance, so could they. Don't be jealous of smart children just because you might not have been a special snowflake.


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
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    Did I read somewhere that Pluto may be reclassified as a planet.


  • #55
    syklops
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    Rigol wrote: »
    no mommy the sea isn't blue thats just the atmosphere reflecting on the surface, in fact water has no colour.

    Wrong. Water is actually blue.


  • #56
    Yawns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,254 ✭✭✭Yawns


    Biggins wrote: »
    I wish that phrase like "Yore Ma" could be banned!

    Yore ma is banned from AH. Was she that shíte?





















    Just a joke. Still love ya ya big grumpy fecker!


  • #57
    Happyman42
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    Sent one of my two children to Monster-rip-off school. Absolutely no difference to the progress the other one made in an ordinary pre-school. It's an education system generally run by ladies-who-do-lunch where image is everything and the child doesn't matter all that much if they don't respond to the methods.


  • #58
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Did I read somewhere that Pluto may be reclassified as a planet.

    Some pissed off Plutonians started a Facebook page and their threats forced the planet classifying department to back down.


  • #59
    Strawberry Fields
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭Strawberry Fields


    You think that's bad wait till they start teaching him Jesus is the son of God.
    What you gonna do when he comes home with that sh~~e?


  • #60
    Biggins
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    Yawns wrote: »
    Just a joke. Still love ya ya big grumpy fecker!

    Address me by my proper title ya little bollox! :D;)


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  • #61
    areyawell
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    Complain to the department of education and tell them that this is unacceptable. I was once thought by my primary school teacher 8 multiplied by 8 is 1,0858,934,434,23. I got him fired and sued him for 100k.


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