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What they teach in science lessons.

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kizz81:
thats quite shocking, both of those storeys :shock:
in science at my school they used to do a cigarrete experiament which meant lighting 3 cigarettes one after the other in a enclosed room so we all inhailed to smoke  :shock:

the school curriculum is mainly stupid, i do enjoy calculating my familys carbon footprint as it is huge  :lol: and then presenting this to the rest of the class  :lol:

beast5680:

--- Quote from: 3laner on May 01, 2008, 11:41:09 ---Spoke to mum earlier and she was saying that she went to pick up my sister (12) from school and she got in the car and burst into tears telling mum she was evil and had to sell her car. Turns out the teacher had made the whole class stand up and say what car their parents drove. sis had said a petrol 4x4 and had been told by a teacher who she believes is always right that the car was evil and she had to sell it.
How are teachers allowed to poison our kids like this. If my kids get treated like this parents eve will be alot of fun :evil:

--- End quote ---

speaking as a parent i would be straight in there and sort out the teacher, they should not be indoctrinating their own political views on children, we had a similar incident at my daughters school but she was well versed in anti 4x4 propaganda and stood her ground defending them to the rest of the class and pointing out how we still use a 12yr old vehicle when most of her friends have new cars every other year etc, that said the wife went in there and sorted them out pointing out the biased views of the teacher who incidently drives an old VW beetle which chucks out more rubbish from the exhaust than my car does

Lord Shagg-Pyle:
That sounds like a good case of bullying by an authority figure. Complaint time!

auf_wiedersehen_pet:
Surely, instead of "have the teacher explain themselves!" or "find the teacher, and sort them out" the best course of action would be to find out what was actually said - speaking to parents of other children and then speaking to the teacher. Then, armed with information from all sides, you are in a position to respond.

On the flipside, I often have pupils who come into school and tell me about the "harm" my Discovery does. I answer them with the facts. It's 13 years old - average vehicle age is 6 years. I can trace 2nd hand parts from 33 different cars on it, etc, etc.

"Pizza and chips, pie and chips, burger and chips". I am amazed that any schools still sell such combinations. Since Jamie Oliver's first program based at Kidbrooke School, school dinners have changed beyond recognition.

"I do enjoy calculating my familys carbon footprint as it is huge and then presenting this to the rest of the class". As a ammunition for our demise?

SEDDEY:
I'm a teacher, I drive a Disco, I ride a motor bike, I do all the things that I shouldn't do according to the tree huggers.

I also try and educate the Little 'darlings' (11 to 16 year olds) about  4x4 and the fact the they last longer than their parents boxes and there for have less envirnmental impact. This seems to be against the Science dept and sometimes the Re dept.

Some seem to see that there is the other side to the argument, ( the gifted and talented, as they call they today)

The problem is not always teachers, it is what is seen on TV, in papers and kiddie mags.

I'm not saying that teachers are all correct in what they teach. Some can't see past the syllabus they read.

It can be a sad world when many of the teachers that are coming into the profesion these day have done the school-collegue-school thing. They have zero live skills and knowledge outside what they have read in a book.

The government is not helping with the grants they give the new teachers. Come in, have £3000 (ish ?) we'll pay of your student loans, just stay in teaching 2 years.

Then  they go. Don't blame they really. But where does that leave the kid? Where are the life skills that need to be pasted on to the next generation?

All of this came from the 1st topic post! God I try to teach the wider aspects of life. The real world. And at times it goes against  the curriculum but I will do it anyway!

They deserve to be given the facts but in a way they can make up their own minds. And for Gods sake not some thing so emotional and life shattering at 8 years old.

The teacher and dinner staff want birching for putting ideas like that in their heads at that age!

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