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Our kitchen table is a total mess. Aaron & Ben have trashed it with popsicle sticks, glue gun and other building materials for some daffy history project for school. Some way or another their history teacher thinks they will learn more by building miniature models of siege towers, catapults and other models of medieval warfare. As far as I can tell it has only impacted our pocketbook by having to buy all this junk from Hobby Lobby and dealing with the mess. I know the boys could care less about it and are just enduring the idiocy long enough to get a passing grade. You have all read my continuous rants about the terrible state of education when teachers send home these stupid projects instead of TEACHING the subject. And there seems to be an odd set of rules about these things. A working catapult is OK but a scale model of an Uzi would cause a school lockdown? At what period in history is it OK to model killing machines? Who made these rules? Why are my children making ANY models of tools of war? What part of creating imagery of ancient methods of shredding human bodies is considered “education”? Should this be on a resume? The boys parrot the line from every teacher, “If we do not learn from history we are doomed to repeat it.” Studying ancient wars while our people are in Afghanistan and Iraq? Well, Duh?
We could probably pay for a family meal in a nice place for all the money spent on poster board, costumes and art materials over the past 15 years. I know we would all like to have the wasted time back in our lives. At least now the boys are old enough to build their own scholastic nightmares. Many times in the past these projects turned into parental homework and I have to admit Tracey took the brunt of it. Sewing costumes, making a space helmet and arctic sunglasses. And I’m quite sure the kids and teacher had a grand time play acting for a few minutes. Our kids are going to school to be entertained and these projects are a waste of time and money. Until this latest fiasco is finished I’m just leaving the mess on the table. I hope that glue comes off the table and chairs. |
Hey.....I think I need to converse with your boys! We do a “medieval unit” with the 5 year olds. I make catapults for them and we have a “war” for fun. It’s hard to make a quick, cheap, and sturdy enough catapult to shoot beans with!
See ya. |
Tammy 11 Apr 2008, 07:52 a.m.
Good luck with the glue on the table!
I agree, especially when the kids are little, those kinds of projects are more work for the parents. (Not that the parents do the work, but the shopping, helping organize, plan, etc, such a pain!)
I’ve heard that at our high school the chemistry teacher makes all the kids sew a mole (yes, the brown furry creature) when they study moles (the chemistry kind). The kids even sew little themed costumes for them. |
Jennifer 11 Apr 2008, 09:10 a.m.
Tammy --> I don’t think they have built anything that actually shoots ... but you can ask them.
Jennifer --> We have a formica top on the table so maybe it will come off ... I hope. I’m sure this mania of goofy projects has spread to every school in the land. I even see a blurb on the news now and then simpering about how well one class or another has done on Dumb & Dumber 101. And we wonder why kids drop out of school or at best, graduate without learning anything. |
MjL 11 Apr 2008, 09:18 a.m.
Now, you know how important those test scores, money, and school report cards are!!! Keep those kids in school! ;)
UHHHHH...............
I can’t believe that a teacher makes kids sew a mole! I think disecting things is plenty!
Time to go Kmart and Krogering!
See ya. |
Tammy 11 Apr 2008, 7:10 p.m.
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