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Plane-Bee-374 t1_ix2dmhq wrote

Reply to comment by 2nd_Ave_Delilah in Students at NYC high school get third grade-level lessons on Goldilocks by fppencollector

So, if these hacks had taken a rudimentary journalism class in high school they’d know that this was an exercise to teach the kids the 5Ws.

They use the three bears or another fairytale because everyone knows the stories and it’s a good example of who, what, where, why, when and how.

We did a fair bit of text analysis of famous stories (fairy tales, the moon landing, watergate) all through high school and college as a way to learn journalistic skills- as well as writing exercises.

Also, it’s perfectly fine to critique the source as a means to evaluate the credibility of the assertion especially in cases where there is a lack of evidence.

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mechadizzy t1_ix4uhko wrote

>So, if these hacks had taken a rudimentary journalism class in high school they’d know that this was an exercise to teach the kids the 5Ws

I learned the 5Ws in sixth grade by reading The Hobbit as assigned reading material. In a school that was zoned for the projects. What is happening to public schools that high schoolers are learning the 5Ws with childrens books?

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Longjumping_Vast_797 t1_ix398qn wrote

The results speak for themselves. I actually still have my 2nd grade assignments in a box. This assignment, and the handwriting are 3rd grade level.

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