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1st day of school - my 10 year old has a report on a child of the Holocaust
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:50 pm
5th grade, 1st day of school, they each get assigned a child of the Holocaust (they don't know if they survived or was killed).
My daughter gets "Eduard Hornemann".
I did a quick search of him. He came from a wealthy family in Holland, sent to work camp in Poland and then to a death camp.
He wasn't lucky (or unlucky) enough to just die or get killed in the death camp, they removed him from the camp and did medical experiments on him until just before the British took over the camp. They took him outside the camp, drugged him up and hung him.
My 10 year old has to do a report on him.
I am not too keen on this. I know history must be studied or it could be repeated, but this seems a little strong for a bunch of 10 year olds.
My daughter gets "Eduard Hornemann".
I did a quick search of him. He came from a wealthy family in Holland, sent to work camp in Poland and then to a death camp.
He wasn't lucky (or unlucky) enough to just die or get killed in the death camp, they removed him from the camp and did medical experiments on him until just before the British took over the camp. They took him outside the camp, drugged him up and hung him.
My 10 year old has to do a report on him.
I am not too keen on this. I know history must be studied or it could be repeated, but this seems a little strong for a bunch of 10 year olds.
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Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:51 pm to theantiquetiger
He better concentrate or he might get a bad grade
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:51 pm to theantiquetiger
So are you gonna do the report for him?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:51 pm to theantiquetiger
I thought Common Core denies the Holocaust.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:52 pm to theantiquetiger
School back in session?
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Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:54 pm to theantiquetiger
I'm assuming 4th or 5th grade. Seems like a little too much detail to me. We were doing Science projects over baking soda and vinegar in 4th grade. I don't remember about history, but I do know we went to the OKC bombing memorial in middle school. If they were just going over the history of the Holocaust it would make a little more sense, but the individual projects is a little weird.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:54 pm to theantiquetiger
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hanged him
Tell your daughter to refer to it this way.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:55 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:refuse to send your daughter to school
this seems a little strong for a bunch of 10 year olds
if they come looking for her, hide her in the attic
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:55 pm to theantiquetiger
I have no problem with that.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:55 pm to theantiquetiger
Do you want to be sympathetic or cynical?
The mongols killed 50,000,000+
History is a brutal march of genocide and annihilation.
What of the 100,000+ that perished at Verdun in the space of weeks?
Of Pol Pot's murderous reign?
Of the millions that fell beneath Maoism, or Stalinism?
The mongols killed 50,000,000+
History is a brutal march of genocide and annihilation.
What of the 100,000+ that perished at Verdun in the space of weeks?
Of Pol Pot's murderous reign?
Of the millions that fell beneath Maoism, or Stalinism?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:56 pm to theantiquetiger
I can understand your 1st reaction being the want to protect your child from knowing people are capable of such horrible behavior. The fact is, they already know this. I assume (and hope) your child knows that some bad adults touch kids in private areas and all about bullying. Doing a report about someone who has been dead "a long time" is probably one of the better ways to learn this real life concept while staying removed from it. I'm happy to hear schools are starting out doing actual work the first day instead of wasting the 1st 2 weeks.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:56 pm to theantiquetiger
Kids gotta learn that the world is a fricked up place
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:00 pm to theantiquetiger
Kind of early to be back in school. Or is this a summer assignment they work on and have ready the first week of school?
And yeah, kind of fricked up that your 10 year old has to research this. But just in case the teacher did not do the same as you and research this poor kids fate, I would have my kid include all the nasty details in the report. Why so surprised teach, you didn't know that you asked my child to write a report about a kid that was sewn together with their twin in a Mengele experiment?
And yeah, kind of fricked up that your 10 year old has to research this. But just in case the teacher did not do the same as you and research this poor kids fate, I would have my kid include all the nasty details in the report. Why so surprised teach, you didn't know that you asked my child to write a report about a kid that was sewn together with their twin in a Mengele experiment?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:00 pm to LSUGrrrl
quote:"The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton"
protect your child from knowing people are capable of such horrible behavior. The fact is, they already know this
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:01 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
5th grade, 1st day of school, they each get assigned a child of the Holocaust (they don't know if they survived or was killed).
Sounds like somebody's teacher went to the Holocaust Museum in DC over the summer.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:01 pm to theantiquetiger
Common core for ya..
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:02 pm to theantiquetiger
I mean...I learned about that stuff around that age. It's a harsh reality, but it's a reality. Are you going to be "that parent" that complains?
ETA: Your child's innocence: 2004-2014 RIP
ETA: Your child's innocence: 2004-2014 RIP
This post was edited on 8/6/14 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:04 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
I know history must be studied or it could be repeated,
History will always be repeated. We'll never learn.
Or if we learn, we'll justify the advances that seem to accompany human suffering and a few centuries removed perpetrate the same horrors.
If anything mechanism has made the cruelty kinder...swifter.
We aren't burning folks at the stake (Mandela was the latest high profile one at that) or conducting wholesale slaughter (oh, wait.
The Balkans
Africa
Etc.)
On peoples.
Humanity is both sickening and redeeming, if you wait long enough.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:06 pm to CENLALSUFAN
What does common core have to do with a history lesson?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 6:06 pm to theantiquetiger
I'm guessing she doesn't go to a Catholic school.
That definitely sounds a bit heavy for a 10 year old, and I would bet it's a teacher with an agenda. Last week while in Washington, D.C. we visited the Holocaust Museum. There is an entire exhibit that is geared to children. It follows the story of a young boy who initially has a normal life, then the story proceeds through each stage of how his life changes through the Nazi agenda and, ultimately, the Holocaust. This exhibit does not get very graphic at all yet still gets the point across. I think the things you mentioned get a little too specific for a 10 year old - and apparently the Holocaust Museum agrees.
That definitely sounds a bit heavy for a 10 year old, and I would bet it's a teacher with an agenda. Last week while in Washington, D.C. we visited the Holocaust Museum. There is an entire exhibit that is geared to children. It follows the story of a young boy who initially has a normal life, then the story proceeds through each stage of how his life changes through the Nazi agenda and, ultimately, the Holocaust. This exhibit does not get very graphic at all yet still gets the point across. I think the things you mentioned get a little too specific for a 10 year old - and apparently the Holocaust Museum agrees.
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