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?

What and unzip the rucksack of doom Horthnangerabbey? He's doing some subjects I have very little knowledge of TBF. That's probably a good thing.

Capital R on Regency, obviously.

I'm an English Literature examiner (IGCSE, very similar course) and can confirm that candidates are expected to have an understanding of the context in which texts were written. Not as much as at A level where one of the assessment objectives is based around historical and literary context, but a working understanding is needed.

Had Jane Austen lived to see Victoria on the throne her writing might have been very different.

This teacher absolutely should know better and you need to somehow correct her.

My DS had to clear out his rucksack of doom today sparkling as I told him they might search it on his school trip to Parliament.

Urgh Piggy what was within?

I'd consider it a pretty glaring error when Austen wrote so much of her time. You'd then have teens potentially comparing Austen characters to Dickens' as contemparies. Not great.

Not too much worse than my handbag of doom...

Apple cores, seven highlighters without any lids, a leaked pen and a multitude of carrier bags.

Mouldy bananas, trainers, many cans of deodorant ... ?

I would gently correct her.
DD had a teacher in reception tell the class that “Badgers eat squirrels” DD did say that they are insectivores, but was ignored. Sometimes having educated parents is not a benefit

Well, they do sometimes eat rodents, but babies usually.

DS2's has balls of tin foil from sandwiches, empty water bottles and various pieces of A4 paper folded into 4 with a tiny bit of writing on each. Some books which also had A4 pieces of paper hanging out. I didn't delve to the bottom but there was a mini egg or two rolling about.

He also has one of those ginormous clear folders with a carry handle, it looks quite neat in there.

So pengwynn you wouldn't contact the class teacher but would contact someone more senior. That seems bizarre!

There is a difference between error and mistake. Teachers are being trained to understand this difference which is why I mentioned it.

A spelling error would be one you normally know but slip up on. A mistake would suggest you don't know the word. errors tend to be careless , mistakes are more serious as they denote lack of knowledge or understanding. So a mathematician can make an error in working which leads to a mistake in the answer. All defined in many dictionaries.

To say JA was Victorian is very simply a big mistake.

I don’t understand why the head was laughing in the copper/gold story - was it because the teacher wouldn’t back down? I know the teacher was right and the OP didn’t think he was but I can’t see the joke

And pengggwnI do know I keep spelling your username wrongly. Feel free to correct me . My spellchecker goes haywire over it.

To be honest I was quite shocked at the copper/gold account. I just thought it was so rude. I would never want to treat someone like that. The teacher is lovely anyway - I just don’t want the students to be put at a disadvantage.

sparkling the origamis / work not handed in was also in my DC's and the tin foil.

No plastic folder.

The teacher may well be lovely. But that sometimes stops us from acting. If s/he is lovely they genuinely won't mind.

It would be quite funny if the copper/gold teacher waited until the next parents evening and handed printouts to the OP and her DH though!

CuriousaboutSamphire

I think Malbec may have misremembered her precious metals smile

I think that as the headteacher supposedly 'thanked her for the best laugh she had had in ages'. that it is made up. Unless of course the headteacher is completely unprofessional.

Ok, so copper and gold may be confusing, badgers may be carnivorous. These may be things teachers were not incorrect about.

Jane Austen was never Victorian.

Disclaimer: I hate Jane Austen and would rather serrate my eyeballs that teach her but I still bloody well know when she wrote her stupid books