tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post1746958425475070408..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: More "New Jersey World Class Standards"doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-1725142880460200312010-11-26T12:22:39.432-05:002010-11-26T12:22:39.432-05:00Dear John,
That is exactly what ends the conversa...Dear John,<br /><br />That is exactly what ends the conversation--makes me sputter. <br /><br />In my class I use the word "stuff"--everything in science is either "stuff" or energy, another one of those funny words.<br /><br />The whole Columbus thing also makes me crazy--the European world knew the Earth was round by then. A shame too many of us don't know that now....doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-41551600577213017462010-11-26T09:38:55.876-05:002010-11-26T09:38:55.876-05:00I distinctly remember, in the third grade, being c...I distinctly remember, in the third grade, being confused by the vocabulary. I wasn't allowed to call gas "stuff" but had to use "object." To my little third grade mind, an object had to be solid. Once it became a gas, it wasn't an object. It was . . . well, gas. <br /><br />I similarly got in trouble for using the terms "dirt" and "earth" instead of "soil." <br /><br />But then I was the one who "wrong one" when I contested, quite verbally, that Columbus did not discover the earth was round.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com