Where does she get this stuff?
Feb. 8th, 2010 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crazychicknladyAccording to the neighbor girl:
There are roving packs of twenty or more coyotes that will kill our dogs if they run across them (we looked it up, turns out that when they do band together they average pack sizes of 3 to 7).
Penguins have fur, not feathers - and if you want to look up whether or not she is correct there is no such tool as a google search engine, you have to go to dopenguinshavefurorfeathers.com.
Of course, this is the same friend who thought our hens were roosters. But, admittedly, that was her mother's fault. Then again, they don't even have a computer in their house, and a ten year old girl thinks penguins have fur not feathers - so maybe it is all her mother's fault.
I've sometimes reassured myself with the thought that even if I mess this homeschooling thing up pretty badly, my kids will still be better off than if they went through school (saved from the emotional trauma I went through at the very least, and not burnt out by being force fed information they'll forget soon after the test.)
At least, if nothing else, my kids are learning how to question their assumptions, and look things up to expand their knowledge base. And they know penguins have feathers for crying out loud.
There are roving packs of twenty or more coyotes that will kill our dogs if they run across them (we looked it up, turns out that when they do band together they average pack sizes of 3 to 7).
Penguins have fur, not feathers - and if you want to look up whether or not she is correct there is no such tool as a google search engine, you have to go to dopenguinshavefurorfeathers.com.
Of course, this is the same friend who thought our hens were roosters. But, admittedly, that was her mother's fault. Then again, they don't even have a computer in their house, and a ten year old girl thinks penguins have fur not feathers - so maybe it is all her mother's fault.
I've sometimes reassured myself with the thought that even if I mess this homeschooling thing up pretty badly, my kids will still be better off than if they went through school (saved from the emotional trauma I went through at the very least, and not burnt out by being force fed information they'll forget soon after the test.)
At least, if nothing else, my kids are learning how to question their assumptions, and look things up to expand their knowledge base. And they know penguins have feathers for crying out loud.
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Date: 2010-02-09 01:19 am (UTC)K
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Date: 2010-02-09 04:12 pm (UTC)And yes, you are doing great the way you are teaching your kids. They will be better off. I promise. S--
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Date: 2010-02-11 01:08 am (UTC)