A good friend of mine is a primary school teacher
and in her school they've had to teach some young children how to use cutlery, as the parents tend to take the kids for fast food, then sit them in front of the TV and expect them to eat with their hands.
(square go, Fri 28 May 2010, 14:34, 1 reply)

When I was a teaching assistant
one kid could only recognise colours by the names of the Teletubbies with which they corresponded. What colour was grass? Dipsy. etc.
( sanityclause is waiting until, Fri 28 May 2010, 14:46, closed)

That's quite tragic
but is also making me laugh like a twat.
( Bob Todd whee, Fri 28 May 2010, 14:51, closed)

Poor kid had no idea what letters were
and it took him two terms to learn to spell his name, and he never got the hang of which way up a "W" goes.

He is now 12, and his friends still call him "Lemis".
( sanityclause is waiting until, Fri 28 May 2010, 15:02, closed)

Aww, poor boy.
This is why we need to bring back Sesame Street! Best kids' programme EVER.
( Bob Todd whee, Fri 28 May 2010, 15:05, closed)