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Cult of farking celebrity

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gherkinwithapurplemerkin · 15/01/2010 17:40

My dd1 is year 2 at school. They have been doing Famous People this week - literacy, history etc.

She has come home sounding interesting and well-informed about Grace Darling, Florence Nightingale, Eliz the first. Great thought I, interesting subjects and all women too.

Thursday. She comes out. "We did Cheryl Cole in famous people today".

Grrrrr. FGS. And WTF?

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AccioPinotGrigio · 15/01/2010 18:49

Who the hell is Grace Darling?

As you can tell I went to v poor school. Although I did get a 'C' in Celebrity Studies O'Level. Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin were on the syllabus then.

Hullygully · 15/01/2010 18:52

She was a famous Lebanese strippergram.

AccioPinotGrigio · 15/01/2010 18:54

Well I've never 'eard of her so she can't have been much cop.

MillyR · 15/01/2010 18:54

I like Cheryl Cole. She seems very cordial. Sometimes she looks a bit sixties, which is pleasant.

BendyBob · 15/01/2010 18:55

Elizabeth I's hair wasn't her own either though

thesecondcoming · 15/01/2010 18:57

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MillyR · 15/01/2010 18:57

They are always pretending to be contestants on the X factor at DD's school - in lesson time. The teacher pretends to be Simon Cowell and says yeah or nay to them going through to the next round. DD loves it.

AlpenCrazy · 15/01/2010 18:59

cheryl cole - purleez. dodgy incident in the ladies seems to have been forgotten. she's a nothing.

grace darling on the other hand had something to do with saving people in the water when her dad's lighthouse wasn't working. or so ds1 tells me he did it last term

skidoodle · 15/01/2010 18:59

"As you can tell I went to v poor school. Although I did get a 'C' in Celebrity Studies O'Level. Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin were on the syllabus then."

PMSL

Famous People week?

Jesus.

Another mark for schooling in a country that is not England.

BendyBob · 15/01/2010 19:00

Oooh I didn't realise he was rumoured to play football for the other team..

skidoodle · 15/01/2010 19:02

"Elizabeth I's hair wasn't her own either though"

Yes, they could have saved her for "People Who Wear Wigs" Week.

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gherkinwithapurplemerkin · 15/01/2010 19:03

PROPER famous person (though not beautiful)

Great role model

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BendyBob · 15/01/2010 19:04

Yes Elizabeth's hair lost it's mojo alright.

GhoulsAreLoud · 15/01/2010 19:07

"Oh come on. You really think she will be a figure to be learnt about in 100 years time? Like Florrie N and Grace D?"

That's the definition of famous is it?

Do you think that's what the teacher thinks and that's why they included her?

PMSL.

MillyR · 15/01/2010 19:08

A lot of famous people are not very good role models. Jack the Ripper, King Herod, George W. Bush.

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gherkinwithapurplemerkin · 15/01/2010 19:12

Ghouls -

No. I think the teacher did not need to tell the children about Cheryl Cole. They can find out about her for themselves. The others..well maybe the kids LEARNT who they are, and what they are remembered for doing.

Oh, and BTW, before I am accused of teacher-bashing, I am a teacher and regularly make use of sleb stuff to back up/make real a teacing point. But that's just it - it is an extra aside, not the point of the whole morning's lessons.

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thesecondcoming · 15/01/2010 19:13

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GhoulsAreLoud · 15/01/2010 19:22

Oh get a grip.

She's in year 2, they chatted about Cheryl Cole for a bit, it's not the end of the world.

CirrhosisByTheSea · 15/01/2010 20:09

I would think they were doing it as a point of discussion - how fame can be for something amazing and worthwhile, or nowadays for not very much at all. Why don't you ask the teacher? I would have thought you might trust the teacher that they had a learning point in mind, unless you have evidence to the contrary.

EvilHRLady · 15/01/2010 20:16

Ghouls - are you just biased...?!

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RolandButter · 15/01/2010 20:24

i love to complain with you

BUT in what context was she done?
maybe they said all that you said about her being a fly by night

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gherkinwithapurplemerkin · 15/01/2010 20:33

As far as I can tell Famous People has been theme for literacy and topic this week, so all of the day (except PE and numeracy) has been given over to it. I.e. research on computers/ICT, reading and writing about them/literacy, doing pics in various media/Art etc.

Is Her Fakeness Fluffiness really worth this?

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Boys2mam · 15/01/2010 20:34

I'm a fan of Cheryl; working class, she plodded on in her chosen profession and ultimately came good.

Its not her fault there really isn't the scope to be up there with FG. In the time of Z list 'slebs shooting to 'fame' (Pop Idol, BB, X Factor (what happened to Shayne Ward?!?) then dying a death, is it not good to teach our kids that persistence and hard work can pay off? She's not famous for her husband....

CirrhosisByTheSea · 15/01/2010 20:41

'as far as I can tell'.....exactly! You do not have the facts. Ask the teacher what was done today!