Spotted Dick & School...

[Annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "melody_wood14" 
<mwood005 at ...> wrote:
 
>       I have had a conference with this teacher 
>       for other reasons and she told that he reads to much sci-fi
>       and needed to read more historical books. That his head was 
>       to high in the sky. 

I wonder -- by historical books does she mean historical fiction, or 
flat-out history books?  I tend to avoid historical fiction, because 
when I'm done I never can quite tell the history from the fiction.

But it's the "head in the sky" comment that's really telling.  Sci-fi 
deals with ideas and what-ifs. Futuristic and otherworldly societies 
that are Not Like The Way We Live. She sounds like a deathly 
unimaginative sort.  Besides being a prude.

I'm inclined to think this is just a bad teacher.  Everyone gets one 
or two (hopefully no more!).  Maybe your son can look at it this way, 
and look forward to next year.  It's not like this grade is going on 
his college applications (though I understand that the unfairness 
rankles).

Maybe the substitute for the next few weeks will be really good, too, 
who knows?

Annemehr