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AIBU this question is totally inappropriate homework for a child

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PHANTOMnamechanger · 09/05/2015 13:19

sorry if there is a thread about this already but just seen this and am totally shocked that such a question would be used!

warning - trigger re: gun crime

www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/bullet-through-your-head-test-36368/

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PHANTOMnamechanger · 09/05/2015 13:22

equally shocked that the answer they want for the scottish haggis Q is presumably och I when it should be aye!!

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 09/05/2015 13:22

The Scottish question is a bit dodgy too

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 09/05/2015 13:24

It's not a sentence I would have put in a children's worksheet but I really can't get worked up about this.

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PHANTOMnamechanger · 09/05/2015 13:24

and it's from the TES resources site, ye gods!

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 09/05/2015 13:25

Was the Scottish one a trick question? Seems a pretty useless worksheet all round!

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HarveySchlumpfenburger · 09/05/2015 13:26

The opera one's a bit dodgy too isn't it?

It's me, me, me as in doh re me, rather than the pronoun.

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LindyHemming · 09/05/2015 13:28

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Thetreeonthemountaintop · 09/05/2015 13:32

I think somebody wrote that paper for a joke, but it went out by accident. Much like one of my colleagues sent out the minutes of an older people's group meeting which referred to older people throughout as 'coffin Dodgers'. Obviously forgot to do 'find all replace ' before he sent it.

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SoldierBear · 09/05/2015 13:32

That seems terribly inappropriate for an 11 year old.
The concepts being taught are surely for a much younger age group?
I'm also very dubious about the child being so traumatised he could talk of nothing else.
But at least we had a selfie instead of DM sad faces.
Seems a crap worksheet but a total over reaction to trot off to the local rag about it. Presumably even the DM weren't interested.

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Hakluyt · 09/05/2015 13:33

It's obviously not a straight pronoun test- looks more like rather antiquated Verbal reasoning.

The Fat Lady and the Scotsman raise my ire ( I-re, geddit?) more than the gun one,not be honest.

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teddybears · 09/05/2015 13:59

I would have more of an issue with the fat lady and the scotsman questions!

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Yarp · 09/05/2015 14:07

It's not ideal; but it's also not the terrible thing the mum seems to be claiming

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applesareredandgreen · 09/05/2015 14:13

Agree with thetree that this sheet was originally written as a joke and that school staff just downloaded it drom TE S site without reading. Lazy teaching though.

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BeerqueenMoiAndMe · 09/05/2015 14:13

I'm far more concerned about the use of reflexive pronouns in that article.

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Yarp · 09/05/2015 14:16

Her son blasphemed too! Not great

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CamelHump · 09/05/2015 14:17

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OrlandoWoolf · 09/05/2015 14:21

Teacher downloaded from a resource site.

Didn't check it. Thought it would be ok. TES have got nothing to do with it - they don't check the resources.

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Fluffyears · 09/05/2015 14:22

The Scottish one is wrong 'aye' and the opera one should be 'mi' as in doh re me da so la ti doh

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OrlandoWoolf · 09/05/2015 14:24

It's also crap homework at that age considering the expectations of the SPAG test.

The Scottish answer is interesting.

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Janek · 09/05/2015 14:24

beer are you referring to the fact that the head seems unable to use 'me' properly herself?!.

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OrlandoWoolf · 09/05/2015 14:25

Why do people go to the papers in this case?

Teacher fucks up homework. Why drag them through the media circus?

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Yarp · 09/05/2015 14:27

It does look like a really old 11-plus paper

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Hakluyt · 09/05/2015 14:27

Yep. It's verbal reasoning not pronouns.

People from Sheppey do have ..... interesting....... thought processes. Grin. Well, according to us non Sheppyites they do........

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ToadsJustFellFromTheSky · 09/05/2015 14:29

Is that work sheet really aimed at 11 year olds? Confused

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Yarp · 09/05/2015 14:31

It's awful - we now know her name and the road she lives in. Why do that for the sake of a little gripe?

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