ABSTRACT
Mr. Monk’s third-grade class was examining bean seeds. Th e students were to study the seeds and record their fi ndings in their lab notebooks, including an illustration. Nancy had drawn her seed carefully and labeled each part: “baby,” “blanket,” “crib,” and “bottle.” When Mr. Monk came to her desk he exclaimed, “Nancy, what are you doing? We don’t have time for this kind of silliness in third grade-baby dolls belong in the kindergarten. I want the scientifi c names. Do this again, and this time use your science book.”
