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To think the teacher has gone mad - not me????

56 replies

andybat · 20/03/2011 18:18

Maths homework worksheet came home with DS on "time" and at the bottom was a Learning Top Tip - It says... "when drawing the hands on an analogue clock, make sure the hand that shows the hour is longer than the hand that shows the minutes. Hours are longer than minutes!"

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Ineedalife · 20/03/2011 19:11

Getting coldGrin.

ChippingInMistressSteamMop · 20/03/2011 19:14

Goblin - where does it say it was photocopied out of a book? Sorry if I missed that.

INAL - wearing a cardigan.

Ineedalife · 20/03/2011 19:15

No chipping I don't think so, there was no mention of cardiesGrin.

Goblinchild · 20/03/2011 19:15

andybat Sun 20-Mar-11 18:27:26
'But the theory is so good! That's what made me have to read it several times as I was beginning to doubt myself. It was on an actual worksheet which had been photocopied from a book, you start to think they must be right and maybe they changed it and everyone forgot to tell me!!'

Melly19MummyToBe · 20/03/2011 19:24

It REALLY annoys me when people call small/Shetland Ponies, Donkeys, and also when they call Donkeys, Ponies! I know it's totally off the point there but I just HAD to get that off my chest.

:o

Original poster
andybat · 20/03/2011 19:30

According to DS its from worksheets called" Maths On Target" if anyone knows it?

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Goblinchild · 20/03/2011 19:37

We use that a lot, I have corrected the text when necessary, in the book!
More book editors, that's what we need.

Goblinchild · 20/03/2011 19:38

www.elmwoodpress.co.uk/ks2.htm

Pixel · 20/03/2011 19:42

The lion/tiger thing reminded me of dd's 2 yo check. The HV was showing her a book and said "Oh look a duck". DD replied "Actually that's a goose".

I was so proud Grin

justpaddling · 20/03/2011 19:58

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justhavintheone · 20/03/2011 20:13

teacher to my son, 'dont be silly, human beings arent mammals' :0

Takver · 20/03/2011 20:40

Grin at justhavin

No b/fing in that household, then . . .

Nanny0gg · 20/03/2011 21:55
Ineedalife · 20/03/2011 22:01

LOL at that nannyoggGrinGrin.

DitaVonCheese · 20/03/2011 22:27

My DH once managed to convince a teacher that lions lay eggs. She was really excited and said she would tell her class on Monday.

I am irritated by adults who can't tell the difference between guinea pigs and hamsters, so good to know I am amongst friends here :)

edam · 20/03/2011 22:37

justhaving, seriously?! Wow.

Dita, surely guinea pigs are noticeably rather larger than hamsters? Have never owned either but I'm sure I can reliably tell one from t'other. Is there much confusion?

DitaVonCheese · 20/03/2011 22:49

They are distinctly different. We visited a mini-farm yesterday which had a couple of guinea pigs in a run and I was amazed at the number of adults who identified them to their children as hamsters/gerbils etc Shock (There was a large wheel in the run too, which I've never seen before for guinea pigs, but they were still bloody guinea pigs ffs!)

I have also seen an episode of Jerry Springer in which two men were love rivals for a rodent (it was about weird crushes, also had two brothers fighting over a rubber doll) - can't remember what kind of rodent they claimed it was, but when they eventually brought her out it bloody bloody wasn't, it was a hamster rather than a gerbil or something like that.

I think I might need to go to bed now Grin

ChippingInMistressSteamMop · 20/03/2011 23:33

INAL - I would have assumed that the question should have read

1 quarter of children in a school wear a jumper cardigan and half do not wear a jumper or cardigan, what fraction wears a jumper?

... but did the teacher actually explain herself?

DVC, Justhavin... Shock these people shouldn't be let out the house on their own, let alone be allowed in a class room - unless it's as a student!! FFS.

ninedragons · 20/03/2011 23:45

I can remember vividly being told my my kindergarten teacher that swans weren't animals. I didn't have the vocabulary at the time but definitely had the sensation of thinking "what the FUCK, lady?"

RevoltingPeasant · 20/03/2011 23:51

When I was bored once in high school I convinced my BF that 'blue' was spelt 'bleu' - I told her 'it was from the French, didn't she know?'

It was worryingly easy, actually Hmm No idea if she still spells it that way.

BaroqueAroundTheClock · 20/03/2011 23:54

I've always thought as "animals" as being well animals.........and swans being birds Blush

piprabbit · 21/03/2011 00:00

My Yr 2 DD was set some Maths homework - it's meant to take about 20-30mins as they are only 6/7yo.

It gave a list of 4 items of clothing:

Vest - costs £5
Shirt - costs £10
Trousers - cost £15
Coat - costs £20

First she had to list all the possible combinations of clothes she could buy if she had £50 to spend. Each combination was to be written in the format of the bill from the shop. After 50 combinations I gave up working out new ones.

Then she was meant to show all the combinations if she had £25, £75 and £100 to spend. We are talking hundreds of combinations here.

I told her to do as many combinations as she could in 30mins and add a note to the teacher to say she ran out of time. I think she managed about 15 combinations, which I thought was pretty good going.

I don't believe the teacher read or understood what she was asking the children to do.

BaroqueAroundTheClock · 21/03/2011 00:04

There are 50 combinations adding up to £50 from that lot Shock

BaroqueAroundTheClock · 21/03/2011 00:18

God I must be really thick - I can only find 21 possible combinations for the £50 one Blush

BaroqueAroundTheClock · 21/03/2011 00:18

oh no - sorry 22

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