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November 17, 2005

[class assignments] ^{9:30 PM}

Let's not quibble about how exactly I came across Mrs. Hickey's Class Studies Prehistoric Animals -- simply click the link and become exasparated by the children who obviously had their parents do more than help with their projects.

As a former gifted shadowbox maker (who conquered his fear of the glue-gun in the second grade) I must protest at how these parents tried to hit a homerun for their kids.

C'mon people, all you did was rob your child of creative control and made other (good, honest, glue-gun fearing) children feel like crap.

It has to end!

i love the Giant Opossom and the Giant Egg. And I do believe they're 4th grade originals. The kid that picked Giant Egg is a genius.

Posted by: Liz at November 17, 2005 11:08 PM

wait.... you think parents had creative and executive control on those shit boxes?

my shoebox shit projects were a damn sight better than that and i always had minimal parental assistance. (well, they tried to assist... but they just got it all wrong)

I believe two things to be true:

1. these kids created these shadowboxes themselves.

2. they travel to school in a bus with fewer than ten rows.

Posted by: andrew at November 17, 2005 11:42 PM

Yeah, and only a fourth grade obsessive named Andrew would sew together a perfect giant jellyfish, cut out a magical minimalist three toed sloth, or layout those trees behind diplodicus with such precision!

Posted by: kyle at November 18, 2005 12:32 AM

There was a really good article on Salon recently about the homework demands made on white upper-middle-class elementary school children these days, basically concluding that there is no possible way they could get all the shit done without help from their parents.

My favorite anecdote was one in which some kids were asked to make a topographical map out of a US state with plaster of Paris, and some smart kid picked Nebraska and turned in a flat Nebraska-shaped sheet. As the author of the article said, the kid put exactly as much effort into the assignment as it was worth.

Posted by: sleepy kev at November 18, 2005 1:31 AM

Why not Kansas? Isn't that flat and squarish? More squarish than Nebraska. I was thinking Colorado then I remembered it has those bumpies.

Posted by: David at November 18, 2005 2:42 AM

trust me, if you'd known me in fourth grade, you'd have killed me yourself.

Posted by: andrew at November 18, 2005 9:42 AM

dude... can't.. stop.. laughing at Giant Opossum!

as a teacher myself ( of older kids ) I don't care if they did those projects themselves cuz I got SUCH a great laugh out of a couple of them. GO GIANT EGG GO!!!!!

wheeeeeeeee!

Posted by: shy me at November 18, 2005 7:50 PM



	« your tidbit of the day \| Main \| corporate optimism » November 17, 2005 [class assignments] ^{9:30 PM} Let's not quibble about how exactly I came across Mrs. Hickey's Class Studies Prehistoric Animals -- simply click the link and become exasparated by the children who obviously had their parents do more than help with their projects. As a former gifted shadowbox maker (who conquered his fear of the glue-gun in the second grade) I must protest at how these parents tried to hit a homerun for their kids. C'mon people, all you did was rob your child of creative control and made other (good, honest, glue-gun fearing) children feel like crap. It has to end! Comments i love the Giant Opossom and the Giant Egg. And I do believe they're 4th grade originals. The kid that picked Giant Egg is a genius. Posted by: Liz at November 17, 2005 11:08 PM wait.... you think parents had creative and executive control on those shit boxes? my shoebox shit projects were a damn sight better than that and i always had minimal parental assistance. (well, they tried to assist... but they just got it all wrong) I believe two things to be true: 1. these kids created these shadowboxes themselves. 2. they travel to school in a bus with fewer than ten rows. Posted by: andrew at November 17, 2005 11:42 PM Yeah, and only a fourth grade obsessive named Andrew would sew together a perfect giant jellyfish, cut out a magical minimalist three toed sloth, or layout those trees behind diplodicus with such precision! Posted by: kyle at November 18, 2005 12:32 AM There was a really good article on Salon recently about the homework demands made on white upper-middle-class elementary school children these days, basically concluding that there is no possible way they could get all the shit done without help from their parents. My favorite anecdote was one in which some kids were asked to make a topographical map out of a US state with plaster of Paris, and some smart kid picked Nebraska and turned in a flat Nebraska-shaped sheet. As the author of the article said, the kid put exactly as much effort into the assignment as it was worth. Posted by: sleepy kev at November 18, 2005 1:31 AM Why not Kansas? Isn't that flat and squarish? More squarish than Nebraska. I was thinking Colorado then I remembered it has those bumpies. Posted by: David at November 18, 2005 2:42 AM trust me, if you'd known me in fourth grade, you'd have killed me yourself. Posted by: andrew at November 18, 2005 9:42 AM dude... can't.. stop.. laughing at Giant Opossum! as a teacher myself ( of older kids ) I don't care if they did those projects themselves cuz I got SUCH a great laugh out of a couple of them. GO GIANT EGG GO!!!!! wheeeeeeeee! Posted by: shy me at November 18, 2005 7:50 PM i am an idiot and i am lead by richard simmons Posted by: idiot at January 20, 2006 9:29 AM Post A Comment Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? YesNo Comments:

November 17, 2005

[class assignments] 9:30 PM

[class assignments] ^{9:30 PM}