This is a sore subject with some.
This is also a hot topic in some schools and with some educators.
I’m still on the fence and a little put off by the subject myself.
Especially after today.
{now let’s add in the storyline}
So how did I reach the point of aggravation of “the gap” today…
What gap am I talking about?
Let’s see if you can figure it out before I blatantly say it {or type it}.
Now this week kicks off the summer reading program at our county library. I took the girls for the event where we went on a scavenger hunt to ultimately end up checking out a few books.
Along the way, we collected stickers on our paper to turn in at the end for a prize bag.
The stickers were planets…
{do you see where this is going yet}
Mercury was the first. Then Venus. Oh look there’s Earth. Oh yes Piper we’re going in order.
{arrives at station 8 and gets Neptune}
Then…
{looks around for about 2 minutes for station 9}
Y’all. No station 9.
Why?
Because poor Pluto was demoted, and I was raised with the catchy planet song so it’s a tad difficult to take that out of the equation when thinking about the solar system.
So here I am. In the gap of children who learned 9 planets, only to have 1 taken away. Demoted. Thus demolishing my favorite planet because it was the same as Mickey Mouse’s dog.
Needless to say, there was no 9th planet sticker and I felt like an idiot.
But at least I’m probably not the only one who forgets Pluto is not an “official planet” anymore.
{face palm}
And this is almost as bad as the “reindeer paws” fiasco…
{stay tuned for tomorrow’s storytime on that}
