I hope we win the lottery before Tay starts school so we can put her in a top notch private school. I work for our local school district two days a week, and I witnessed something today that made me cringe and silently weep for our nations future. The conversation went as follows:
8th Grade Teacher: So what states border CA?
8th Grader: (With total sincerity) North Dakota!
Teacher: Um, no. Not exactly.
8th Grader #2: Ohio?
8th Grader #3: Las Vegas.
Teacher: Um, no. That's a city. .......Let's get out a map.
[Moments Later]
8th Grade Teacher: So what type of land masses are near Santa Clarita?
8th Grader #3: I think, Mt. Everest.
8th Grade Teacher: No, but you have the right idea. What large body of water is closest to CA?
8th Grader #4: Castaic Lake?
Like I said, I weep for the future. However, if these kids become leaders of the free world one day, we won't need to worry about bombings and such. They're so geographically confused that they won't know where to aim.
6 comments:
frightening
Luckily we can watch are you smarter than a 5th grader and feel a little better. Hopefully it was just the kid right?
Wow! Chloe already knows where Texas is on her state puzzle, so I guess she could skip K-7.
WHAT!! Ohio isn't on the border of California. Oh great, the next thing you are going to tell me is that Columbus DIDN'T sail ocean blue in 1992!
These were 8th graders? Wow, scary. Kinda reminds me of Miss South Carolina.
Be glad you don't work for LAUSD. I had transfer students who were just as bad. But Jr High kids are crazy. That's why I switched to High school.
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