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I don't know what other parents think about it, but I hate this about schools. My kid's teacher sent this email to the whole class. I'm happy that they are taking an initiative for some fun activities at the school. I'm really grateful for that. What I don't like is that they are restricting the creativity of the kids at the early age. I know that Pikachu, Unicorns, and Sonic are not real animals. But what if my kid likes them? (fyi, he likes trucks and have no interests in animals whatsoever.) Isn't that the teacher's job to help them categorize them into "imaginary animals"? Am i expecting too much? Instead of supporting the creativity, I believe that they're stopping it at the roots. I can get a little opinionated when it comes to kids, wouldn't you feel the same?

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Otoh, the teacher asked for stuffed animals. Probably to show them in the class, ask where they live, what they eat, etc. My kid may like cars, but they are not animals, so, she shouldn't bring a car. I think it's good to help children define things, and help them understand that there is a set of objects or concepts, and some objects belong to the set, and some don't. And that we classify the elements of a set in subsets.

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I think we want the exact same things here. I want my kids to understand the difference between real and unreal. The teacher is literally giving up on this opportunity to teach these to the kids. They could have simply accepted the fictional animals (even Paw petrol dogs) and while explaining the fictional animals, they could have explained them as "unreal", but talk about the animals anyways. Kids will get more perspectives and learn something new at school. I'm just mildly annoyed that the teachers are trying to create boxes and limitations around kids at the early stages. Boxes are good in STEM, but not in the early stages of growth.

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I get your frustration but honestly, you might be overthinking it. the teacher might have a particular lesson in mind that's not the same as categorizing real/unreal animals, in which case having to go through that step might be a distraction that they'd like to be handled beforehand. it gives you a chance as a parent to introduce the idea of real and fictional animals at home, make choosing it into a game, etc.

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That's completely possible. I may be overthinking this one case, but I have seen multiple of these cases in the schools where the students that "get in line" are considered good and others are not. The definition mostly revolve around the work required by the teachers.

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