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Saturday, January 24, 2009

24/365 Super Dad vs. Science Curriculum

Helping her to study when he'd rather be dozing in front of the television, Super Dad is trying to get through an Astronomy chapter in eighth grade Science. There's a new vocabulary word in every sentence, and not even Super Dad can determine what main points she'd supposed to study. RR Lyrae Variables. Got it. Cephid Variables. Got it. Our galaxy? The Milky Way, of course, but the book never defined that one. It's a big, meaningless pile of information, and the teacher will put it all on the test. Good way to turn off a kid's interest in Science.