My 7-year old son missed a test question and I'm damn proud of him!

[KansDem]

Last week, my second-grader came home from school with a test. He missed getting 100% because he got one question wrong. The students in his class discussed "fact vs. opinion," then had a quiz to see how they could apply what they learned.

There were several questions: one read "George W. Bush is the President of the United States." My son checked the "opinion" column. HAH! The teacher marked it wrong, but I'm damn proud of my son...

Perhaps he's been listening to his parents too much?

Here's to you, Mike! :toast:(not real beer)

[tuvor]

1. I'd call the teacher on that. n/t

[KansDem]

13. Two years ago, my daughter had a similar kind of question...

She was in 6th grade and as part of their civics, social studies, or American history unit, they had a test. One question asked "Who is president of the United States?" She wrote "Al Gore." The teacher marked it wrong and explained that, controversial election aside, it was "George W Bush" who took the oath of office.

I wrote a note to the teacher saying that, as that might be the case, if my daughter learned anything from missing this question, it was what she will at times need to sacrifice something in order to maintain the power of her convictions.

[lse7581011]

2. Wow!

Sounds like you're doing a terrific job raising that boy! Congrats!

[helderheid]

3. I LOVE IT!!

[Greylyn58]

4. I love it!

you have taught your son well!

He's a Root Beer for the two of you. :toast:

[NNadir]

5. My six year old got sent for an evaluation. They asked, who is the POTUS?

He answered that he didn't know.

Of course he knows very well what the situation is. When we got the report, we asked him about it and he reminded us that we asked him not to discuss politics at school - so he just pretended he didn't know.

We had a fair amount of trouble in this town for being "prematurely antiwar," so in order to make our kids lives easier, we've asked them to tone down their political rhetoric at school."

It's a very sad time educationally.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. "prematurely antiwar"

Good one. Damn all them critical thinkers anyways.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

29. Prematurely antiwar?

New educational diagnosis? Wonder what the prescription is?

[snappyturtle]

6. Way to go!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[dsc]

7. sorry but your child is wrong

He is the President. He may have cheated to get there but he still is the President.

[Kerrytravelers]

12. I think * is the local drunk.

reover and dickless cheney are actually running the show.

[KansDem]

14. See post no. 13 (eom)

[IndyOp]

22. You are right in the sense that the POTUS is the person

who took the oath of office last January (according to the constitutional scholars I have heard), but wrong in the sense of speaking truth to power, in the sense of clinging to the idea that this is a government of, for, and by the people.

World Can't Wait - Drive the Bush Regime from Office 11/2/05 STRIKE!

[BlueJazz]

8. Funny!...Tell the teacher that the Dictionary defines "President" as..

"The chief officer of a branch of government, corporation, board of trustees, university, or similar body."

Which would (obviously) be Karl Rove. :)

[tjwmason]

30. What a dictionary says matters less than what the U.S. Constitution says

Under which - whether one likes it or not - Dubya is President.

[havocmom]

9. More reason for hope. Thank you for posting

And BIG thanks for raising a human being who can think & exercise some free will. No easy task in today's climate!

A root beer :toast: to you and your son!

[npincus]

10. your son is an independent thinker

I would be very proud.

[zbdent]

11. At least the question wasn't

"George W. Bush is a great President of the U.S." . . .

:puke: which the teacher probably would have put down as "fact" - thereby unintentionally validating the reichwingers' opinions of teachers . . .

[Arkana]

15. Call the teacher on that one--because it is NOT fact.

[unrepuke]

17. My 7th grade teacher constantly hammered us that "Albania is

NOT a poor country - it is a MISERABLE country."

So on the T-F test was "Albania is a poor country - T or F"

I answered F

Trick question, got it wrong. I'd do it again today.

Your son is correct. Be proud.

[woodsprite]

18. OMG, You're son is sooo smart. You should be proud!

My 11yo daughter can loan his teacher her "Election Fraud" piece she wrote. Maybe she'll learn something.

If that were my 5yo son, I know I couldn't rely on him to remember that we said don't talk about politics at school. If he was asked that question, he'd say "Kerry. George Bush is playing president and we're stuck with him for another 3 yrs. George Bush started a war." He asked me the other day when he'd be old enough to vote for President Kerry.

At Disney this summer, in the Hall of Presidents when George Bush was introduced, he said "Mommy, he started a war. He's not our president." I was thinking the lady in front of me was going to turn around and say something nasty. Instead, she turned around and said "Damn right!" I was floored, but grinning ear-to-ear. Clinton got applauded and Bush got booed.

Edit cause I screwed up.

[IndyOp]

23. Wow! Way cool of your 5-year-old --

When he gets a year or two older ask him for me if he still believes that presidents who start wars are not presidents. I will happily follow the kid in this line of thought - by his measure we are on President number what? - have there been as many as 20 who have not started wars?

At Disney - Cal or Fla? - Clinton got applauded and Bush got booed? By how many people?

:bounce:

[seabeyond]

19. that is funny. lol lol. i was sure i was going to disagree

with you being proud of son missing a question, but nope, i too would be proud. lol lol. would probably start a thread. lol. funny, and cool

[peacetalksforall]

20. Your son. Our future President? Shake his hand for me.

P.S. to all. What will our regime do to better the life and future of our children - today?

Every decision of an adult should start and end with children in mind.

Blessed are the children.

[lildreamer316]

21. That is SO COOL.

Very uplifting.I hope you get a chance to discuss this with said teacher......

[LibDemAlways]

24. When my daughter was in second grade

shortly after the 2000 selection, each kid in her class had to report on a different president. Then all the students had to write one sentence about each of the presidents who had been subjects of the reports. When she got to the chimp my daughter wrote "Not a real President." The teacher let it go without comment.

Good for your son.

[lakeguy]

25. teacher defnitely got it wrong. looks like they're pushing revisionist

history on the kids too...

[Kailassa]

26. perception is everything

My daughter at that age was taken to Sunday School by her atheist but religion loving grandmother. When told there to draw a picture of God, the little rebel drew a black man with an afro. She refused to change it, even after being shown pictures of God in the Bible, insisting that Blacks came before Whites, and God made man in his own image. My grandmother was asked not to bring her back.

[Glenda]

32. Kailassa, I LOVE that story!

YOu have a cool daughter :hug:

[KyndCulture]

27. Welcome to the reality based world, Little Lib Mike!!!

WAY TO GO!!! Proud of your son too!!!

My son (Junior in HS) is on a mission to piss off his guidance couselors by reporting every single recruiter that contacts his classmates to the the school board... Gotta love our liberal children!

[Fla Dem]

28. LOL...your son had it right!!! WTG n/t

[Snotcicles]

31. Did it piss off Mikes teacher to find out Mike was smarter then they are

Good One Mike :yourock:

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. *lmao*