Look at the link.Sorry if I'm being obtuse,drsmith, but what's the significance of the numbers 20 - 25?
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This link shows a grade 2 spelling list. GRADE 2. I thought it was bad enough in GRADE 5. And you didn't think kids were being brainwashed with this rubbish that is not a fact and is being contested more now than it probably ever was.
No offense, but you just sound really paranoid to me. If it had the word "sheep", I bet you would claim they are raising people to be New Zealanders or something.
This link shows a grade 2 spelling list. GRADE 2. I thought it was bad enough in GRADE 5. And you didn't think kids were being brainwashed with this rubbish that is not a fact and is being contested more now than it probably ever was.
AGW is becomming a joke. Climategate emails certainly showed it had the possibility of being a scam and more are coming clean on it now.
Here are the original list of words for GRADE 2 from the link. DrSmith's would be much more appropriate...
20. caring
21. pollution
22. environment
23. electricity
24. responsibility
Good heavens, some of the otherwise quite smart people on this forum wouldn't be able to spell those words correctly!
I've met very few Grade 2 children who would be able to spell these words, let alone understand their meaning/use them appropriately in a sentence.
Those are big multi-syllabic words for a tacker in Year 2!...20. caring
21. pollution
22. environment
23. electricity
24. responsibility
Julia, it was at the end of a list of simpler words such as "dear, fear", etc and often those longer words are for the academically gifted children. And it might depend which state.
Even so, global warming should not be taught as a fact in a school curriculum, let alone primary school, There was an article recently which explained some children are having nightmares and yet Garrett refuses to remove it.
I am forever grateful to my grade 5 and 6 teacher who substantially disregarded the official curriculum in an effort to encourage thinking about a whole range of topics.My guys go to schools that are secular, progressive/ democratic as I want them to be in an educational system that allows them to be free thinkers, able to critically analyse the world around them.
I'm relieved to hear that, sails. Not so relieved, however, to hear of the brainwashing.Julia, it was at the end of a list of simpler words such as "dear, fear", etc and often those longer words are for the academically gifted children. And it might depend which state.
It doesn't seem to have worked terribly well in her case if it's measured by capacity to think logically and to pronounce some basic English correctly.Teachers unions are as Left as they come. It doesn't pass without notice that PM Gillard's true calling and metier is education.
In the last couple of years I've had quite some contact with children who are home schooled, from four different and unconnected families.I think the biggest nightmare is that Garrett is education Minister. The future of education in this country (and others, NZ etc) is a real concern. I have spent an extraordinary amount of time researching the educational options for my kids and shudder at some aspects of the "cookie cutter" style of education both in the public and private domains. My guys go to schools that are secular, progressive/ democratic as I want them to be in an educational system that allows them to be free thinkers, able to critically analyse the world around them.
You were pretty lucky, Smurf. If all our children received a similarly broad and useful education we could look to the future with confidence.I am forever grateful to my grade 5 and 6 teacher who substantially disregarded the official curriculum in an effort to encourage thinking about a whole range of topics.
Incidentally, CO2-induced warming of the Earth was one of the topics he broght up. It was a theory only back then of no political relevance and was taught as such - a scientific theory that may be of future importance. Energy generation inevitably came up as part of that, as did various experiments with greenhouses and CO2. All a bit of fun really, but it got everyone thinking. We even built a working model solar water heater.
Other topics I remember being taught included the legal system, politics, the financial markets and industrial safety. Then we had a go tinkering with computers and somewhere in there we made a film and did some woodwork too.
All of that was in grade 5 and 6 at a public school and yes, we did perfectly well at the usual maths, reading etc too. I was very, very lucky to have a teacher like that.
The most important thing? two of them. First was failure. You most certainly could fail in that class - and you'd be on lunchtime detention if you did. Second was practice - there was always a practical component to everything he taught. Hence we all made damn sure we passed and actually learnt something.
I'm relieved to hear that, sails. Not so relieved, however, to hear of the brainwashing.
It doesn't seem to have worked terribly well in her case if it's measured by capacity to think logically and to pronounce some basic English correctly.
Garrett should not be minister for anything. He is utterly incompetent in any sphere.
In the last couple of years I've had quite some contact with children who are home schooled, from four different and unconnected families.
I'd have thought these children would show some adverse effects from the lack of social interaction, but on the contrary, they are without exception very bright, very sociable, mature for their age and a great credit to their parents.
Is it something you'd consider, new order?
You were pretty lucky, Smurf. If all our children received a similarly broad and useful education we could look to the future with confidence.
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LOL good one Star
I have been helping a grandchild a fair bit with homework and they used a full term on global warming. Assignments, spelling, art, stage performances etc. It was full on and clearly brain washing. They are teaching this as if it is fact, when it isn't.
"Primary school children are being terrified by lessons claiming climate change will bring "death, injury and destruction" to the world unless they take action.
On the eve of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's carbon tax package announcement, psychologists and scientists said the lessons were alarmist, created unneeded anxiety among school children and endangered their mental health."
In this instance the damage being caused in the name of "science" goes far beyond the pale to innocent minds.
It would be better to show them that it is possible to save the planet from this:-
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