Would I be unreasonable to correct the teacher?

[Horthnangerabbey]

It is a minor thing really but if the teacher had told the class something that you knew was wrong, would you tell her? Or would you just explain to your own child the correct info and keep quiet?

I would personally ask her about it and see her response and let her know the correct answer.

Correcting it privately is no use to all the other kids in the class who have got the wrong info and may not be told so by their parents.

I would and have corrected a primary school teacher for using the wrong spelling in the classroom.

But always in private, one to one.

That was what I wondered curry - it’s a GCSE text so it probably won’t look fabulous if students are writing about ‘Victorian era’ in their responses.

I was once told by a teacher that I had made up an animal called an Aye Aye - I'd read about it in a Gerald Durrell book. I showed the book to my parents and they were just "Teacher knows best" - so when anything like that happened to my son, it was a note to the teacher straight away.

But if DC uses the correct info in an essay or exam she may be marked wrong if the teacher does not know it is she who is in error.

@Pengggwn

So does that mean copper is a better conductor than gold?

Yes

I’m not sure I agree it is minor to be honest Penggwn

They told the class that Jane Austen was a Victorian writer writing in Victorian times. Really? Do tell them. It's not like the 2 ladies were even alive at the same time!

Mumof56 Thanks for that, saved me having a quick Google. I think Malbec may have misremembered her precious metals

I would probably ask her if she said it.

Hmmmm that isn’t great tbh... I don’t know if I’d be brave enough to correct the teacher. These things always come out rude when I say them! But if it was done politely / tactfully I don’t see why not.

My kid's teacher keeps insisting the moon is made of rock. I'm gently explained it's cheese but to little avail. Waiting for parents' evening to take this up with her.

That whole copper/ gold conversation at parent's evening just sounds really obnoxious to me. You were trying not to explode with laughter, really?

I’m not up to date with the GCSE curriculum but surely discussing the context of whatever book you want to be in the right era (even vaguely). Also that’s a really basic mistake.
You don’t have to be a dick about it. I’d probably go with “ds has misunderstood and thinks Jane Austen was a Victorian, probably getting mixed up with Dickens, just wanted to let you know in case his class mates are thinking the same. Can’t forgot all lovey empire lines for horrid bustles”. As in give the teacher an easy out.

Copper is a far better conductor than gold ... hence why they use copper wire?
Gold is a crap conductor ...

Napoleon wasn't short? Oh my word!

My Dsis came home with a piece of maths homework (13 year age gap between us) and I was helping her. We came to a problem that was mathematically impossible to solve. I was stumped on a 9 year olds homework for about an hour before coming to the conclusion it wasn't possible.
I contacted my friend who is a maths HOD and she confirmed the question was indeed bollocks.
My DM had the pleasure of breaking the news to the maths teacher and it apparently didn't go down very well.

Although if they’ve written it somewhere I’d been concerned, maybe enough to speak to department head. Although back in the day Mansfield Park was my specialist subject so had many many paragraphs on historical context so maybe just me.

That’s a good idea parsley

Penggwn I suppose I meant in the sense that I think a lot of people lump 1800-1900 as ‘Victorian times’ - I think it could have an adverse effect on their understanding of the novel but at the same time it isn’t as if she’s teaching them the wrong text or similar.

My kid's teacher keeps insisting the moon is made of rock. I'm gently explained it's cheese but to little avail. Waiting for parents' evening to take this up with her.

Where do they GET these incompetent teachers??

I would explain to my child and then let her/him inform the teacher that he/she was incorrect.