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#237696 - Thu Aug 05 2004 04:08 PM My son's story
Kuu Prolific Registered: Mon Jun 03 2002 Posts: 1037 Loc: Hobart Tasmania Australia	As some of you might recall, my son and his last teacher just didn't get on. The teacher was told me she thought my son was rather odd. This short story was written by my son and his teacher didn't like it at all. I would like to know what people think of it. My son wrote it soon after his tenth birthday. The topic the teacher had given them to write about was "Clocks" Quote: I was in class doing maths when I looked up at the closk. I was surprised to see that the clock was melting. I watch it drip down until it was all on the floor in a puddle. I thought this was strange. I looked out of the window at the town hall clock. That was melting too. I was more surprised. I wondered if time was melting or just clocks. I though for a while and decided there was no way to prove which, not while I was sitting in class. I would have to wait until I got home and was in my laboratory. I kept looking out of the window at the town hall. The clock had totally dripped away. I heard my teacher say my name. She wanted me to answer a question. I didn't know what she asked, how could I when I had just been surprised by the clocks. I just sat there looking stupid. 'Come on' she said looking up to where the clock had been. 'We havent got all day.' I looked down at the puddle on the floor and didn't give her an answer. She asked someone else. We were then told to do our maths sheet. I told my numbers not to dance around why I did my sums. Numbers are more obedient than letters so they stayed still. When I finished the sheet I looked up and the clock was back to normal. I thought this story was terrific, as did my husband. What do you think?
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#237697 - Thu Aug 05 2004 04:41 PM Re: My son's story
Anakin_S Mainstay Registered: Wed Apr 14 2004 Posts: 587 Loc: A galaxy far, far away.	Kuu, This was very beautiful. Did I get the same symbolism from it that your son intended? If your son's teacher has a problem with someone this talented, I suggest her or she clean septic tanks instead of teach. Anyone who would dare stifle this genius shoud be tucked away where they can do no harm to others. Bon chance and buen suerte! _________________________ Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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#237698 - Thu Aug 05 2004 05:02 PM Re: My son's story
Kuu Prolific Registered: Mon Jun 03 2002 Posts: 1037 Loc: Hobart Tasmania Australia	She is an older teacher waiting for retirement. She has taught in the same country school for a very long time. She taught some of the mothers and fathers of the children she teaches today. I don't think she could cope with my son always asking questions, the fact that he would go off the track she wants the kids to take, and the fact that he was always telling her 'This is boring'. Mt sons story was no doubt inspired by the Salvador Dali posters he got for Christmas. My son loves Dali's work. We were able to move away from this little country town once my mother-in-law died a couple of months ago. We have choosen what seems to be a good school for him. Edited by Kuu (Thu Aug 05 2004 05:03 PM)
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#237699 - Thu Aug 05 2004 05:14 PM Re: My son's story
satguru Forum Champion Registered: Thu Feb 17 2000 Posts: 8089 Loc: Kingsbury London UK	Quote: I don't think she could cope with my son always asking questions, the fact that he would go off the track she wants the kids to take, and the fact that he was always telling her 'This is boring'. Ah, Kuu, I think that's what they call 'intelligence' How do I know? Almost the identical phrases to my old school reports, except they left out the "Can't resist the temptation to continually stand up and entertain the other pupils during lessons" And guess what I became... you got it, a teacher! _________________________ Does the brain create or receive consciousness?
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#237700 - Thu Aug 05 2004 05:29 PM Re: My son's story
Anakin_S Mainstay Registered: Wed Apr 14 2004 Posts: 587 Loc: A galaxy far, far away.	Quote: She is an older teacher waiting for retirement. In the U.S. we would puts this person on the board of education. If she were in my field, we would make her the county building inspector. Her lack of creative thinking and insight would make her best suited for the driver's license bureau. Please post more of your son's work. _________________________ Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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#237701 - Thu Aug 05 2004 05:31 PM Re: My son's story
Kuu Prolific Registered: Mon Jun 03 2002 Posts: 1037 Loc: Hobart Tasmania Australia	I told the same teacher that my son was trying to compile a list of every mammal in the world. He records their names on cards, with a photo, if we can find one, and his father laninates the card. His teacher told me there should be books that list every mammal. I told her, yes, I even had such a book, but I had hidden it from my son. Why should I take the joy of discovery from him? Sometimes he brings out his cards to show our family and friends. He has over 500 now. Sometimes a friend will ask if he has a certain mammal. If he hasn't he will run off and try to find out about that animal on the internet. He plays with his animal cards all the time. He will sort them out into the continents they live on, or into their Family etc
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#237702 - Thu Aug 05 2004 05:46 PM Re: My son's story
Kuu Prolific Registered: Mon Jun 03 2002 Posts: 1037 Loc: Hobart Tasmania Australia	Quote: Please post more of your son's work. This little story accompanies a drawing of his that we have framed and hung in the toilet for all to read. Quote: Everything is different in Backwards World. Birds fly backwards and knock into things. They should have evolved eyes in their bums but didn't. HOW SILLY IS THAT? We have only ever had favourable reviews from those visitors from our house that have read it.
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#237703 - Thu Aug 05 2004 07:41 PM Re: My son's story
ClaraSue Forum Champion Registered: Sun May 18 2003 Posts: 7842 Loc: Arizona USA	Kuu, I totally agree with battleofendor; that story was fantastic. And from a 10 year old, even! Looks as though you've got a genius on your hands. Tell your son to keep on writing! _________________________ May the tail of the elephant never have to swat the flies from your face.
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#237704 - Thu Aug 05 2004 08:49 PM Re: My son's story
_elbereth_ Forum Adept Registered: Tue Jun 22 2004 Posts: 129 Loc: Adelaide South Australia	You sound so proud of him, and you should be. Intelligence like that shouldnt be squished because a teacher cant handle it.
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#237705 - Fri Aug 06 2004 02:06 AM Re: My son's story
JaneMarple Star Poster Registered: Fri Jan 30 2004 Posts: 14486 Loc: North West of England	He sounds very intelligent to me! _________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.
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#237706 - Fri Aug 06 2004 03:22 AM Re: My son's story
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	Quote: I don't think she could cope with my son always asking questions, the fact that he would go off the track she wants the kids to take, and the fact that he was always telling her 'This is boring'. I think the key lies here. Many teachers who trained years ago , were not taught how to deal with the child who stood out from the group because he asked lots of questions or even (gasp!), questioned her word. If the class is large she will have even more difficulty. Teacher who didnt receive this sort of training should really be retired, or at best sent on courses to learn to cope with this.It is the way we work today. We need to listen to them, set them tasks which serve to meet their individual needs. This, of course is very challenging for the teacher, but there are enough resources and support available nowadays to help. I trained in the 60's but no one has ever told me (yet) that my lesson is boring. We need to keep on tiptoes, as I said , listen to all the children and continually assess their progress and work to meet further needs. It can be done, but you have to work!! Teachers used to leave at 4 and do nothing in the holidays but rest. This is no longer true , if you want to achieve anything in education today. Maybe the real key lies in the fact that that teacher, and many others, still live in the good old days, so called. when we talked and chalked and addressed our streams of facts to the middle level of the class. _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#237707 - Wed Aug 11 2004 07:41 PM Re: My son's story
WhyBeNormal Participant Registered: Wed Aug 11 2004 Posts: 6 Loc: Ohio, USA	I agree with ClaraSue. Your son sounds like a genius. Never let people like that teacher get him down. As Einstein said "Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds." Edited by WhyBeNormal (Wed Aug 11 2004 07:42 PM)
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#237708 - Mon Aug 23 2004 12:11 PM Re: My son's story
loveoflearning Enthusiast Registered: Sun Jun 23 2002 Posts: 370 Loc: Buffalo New York USA	May I ask how old your son is? If it was posted, I missed it.
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#237709 - Mon Aug 23 2004 12:23 PM Re: My son's story
CanuckBoy Participant Registered: Mon Aug 16 2004 Posts: 35 Loc: Canada	It takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to be your OWN person, and not conform to the 'norms' set out by a teacher who is beyond her time. Your son showed some great imagination, and while everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion, I think a teacher should be encouraging that type of imagination, and not detering it. Children have a hard enough time being themselves, what with peer pressure and everything, but teachers are there to teach and nurture, not clamp down on a child's imagination! He'll meet all kinds of naysayers throughout life, but if he goes about life on his own terms, then those individuals will cease to matter. Tell your son to keep up the great work! _________________________ Do or Do not...there is no try
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