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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ahh, never change DCUM. Every parent convinced all teachers are idiots and that you could do a much better job of teaching your child. [/quote]

Bizarre post. DD's teacher has been great. She's not the Benchmark curriculum factory where it's now clear 43 different editors each feel they have to add or change a word to a prompt to prove they deserve their salaries.

It's like the sentence starts out:

"What is the main idea of the story?"

And it's like a game of telephone as it goes through layers of bureaucratic approval on the way to being published.

"What is the main idea of the story?"
"What is the theme of the story?"
"What do you think is the theme of the story?"
"How would you describe what you think is the theme of the story?
"Write a paragraph about how you would describe what you think is the theme of the story?"
"Write a paragraph about what you would describe as the main theme idea of the story."
"Write a paragraph with examples from the text of what you would describe as the main theme idea of the story."
"Write a paragraph with text examples from what you would describe as the main theme idea of the text??"
"Write a paragraph with context samples from your description of theme main idea as text?!Interrobang!!"

I have NO problem with the teacher. Of course she's relying on the materials the school gives her. She's a teacher, she shouldn't also have to create an entire curriculum!

By the way, PP-- what's your answer to this question?

"Why is it important to understand how a character's actions affect the events of a story?"

Show your work!

-OP[/quote]

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