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PlayOn · 04-03-2008, 07:27 PM

from www.yahoo.com

ALLEGAN, Mich.- is 5th grader Kenton Stuffelbeam smarter than the Smithsonian?

On a winter break trip with his family to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History, the 11-year-old southwestern Michigan boy noticed that a notation, in bold lettering, mistakingly identified the Precambrian as an era.

Since it opened it 1981, millions of people have paraded past the museums Tower of Time, a display involving prehisortic time. Kenton was the first to pint out the error.

Kenton, who lives in Allegan, Michigan and attends Alamo Elementary School near Kalamazoo, said his 5th grade teacher, John Chapman, made he same mistake Precambrian in a classroom earth-science lesson beofre catching himself.

"I knew Mr. Chapman wouldn't tell all these student bad information,"

Ireneparalegal · 04-03-2008, 07:28 PM

Good for him.

PlayOn · 04-03-2008, 07:45 PM

from www.yahoo.com

ALLEGAN, Mich.- is 5th grader Kenton Stuffelbeam smarter than the Smithsonian?

On a winter break trip with his family to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History, the 11-year-old southwestern Michigan boy noticed that a notation, in bold lettering, mistakingly identified the Precambrian as an era.

Since it opened it 1981, millions of people have paraded past the museums Tower of Time, a display involving prehisortic time. Kenton was the first to pint out the error.

Kenton, who lives in Allegan, Michigan and attends Alamo Elementary School near Kalamazoo, said his 5th grade teacher, John Chapman, made he same mistake Precambrian in a classroom earth-science lesson beofre catching himself.

"I knew Mr. Chapman wouldn't tell all these student bad information," the boy told the Kalamazoo Gazette for a stoty published Wendsday.

Last week, the boy received a letter from the Museum, acknowledging that his observation was "spot-on."

"The Precambrian is a dimensionless unit of time, which embraces all the time between the origin of the Earth to the begining Cambrian Period of geologic time," the letter says.

The sloution to the problem would not involve advanced science, but rather simply painting over the word "era", the note says.

While no previous visitors had brought up the error, it was long rankled the paleobiology departments staff, who noticed it even before the Tower of Time was erected 27 years ago, said Lorraine Ramsdell educational technician for the museum.

"The question is, why was it put up with that on it in th first place?" Lorriane said.

Excited as he was to receive the corrospondance from the museum officals, he couldn't help but point out that it was addressed to Kenton Stuffelbeam.

In Allegan.
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PlayOn · 04-03-2008, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Good for him.

I accidently posted this to quick. The full thing is somewhere else on this board.

Ireneparalegal · 04-03-2008, 08:04 PM

Ok, let me post there then.

Ireneparalegal · 04-03-2008, 08:04 PM

Good for him.

04-03-2008, 07:27 PM	#1
PlayOn ADHD: what I have not who I am Senior Member Join Date: Jun 17, 2006 Location: I'll never tell. :p Posts: 2,745	Mich. boy finds 1981 Smithsonian error from www.yahoo.com ALLEGAN, Mich.- is 5th grader Kenton Stuffelbeam smarter than the Smithsonian? On a winter break trip with his family to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History, the 11-year-old southwestern Michigan boy noticed that a notation, in bold lettering, mistakingly identified the Precambrian as an era. Since it opened it 1981, millions of people have paraded past the museums Tower of Time, a display involving prehisortic time. Kenton was the first to pint out the error. Kenton, who lives in Allegan, Michigan and attends Alamo Elementary School near Kalamazoo, said his 5th grade teacher, John Chapman, made he same mistake Precambrian in a classroom earth-science lesson beofre catching himself. "I knew Mr. Chapman wouldn't tell all these student bad information,"
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04-03-2008, 07:45 PM	#3
PlayOn ADHD: what I have not who I am Senior Member Join Date: Jun 17, 2006 Location: I'll never tell. :p Posts: 2,745	Mich. boy finds 1981 Smithsonian error from www.yahoo.com ALLEGAN, Mich.- is 5th grader Kenton Stuffelbeam smarter than the Smithsonian? On a winter break trip with his family to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History, the 11-year-old southwestern Michigan boy noticed that a notation, in bold lettering, mistakingly identified the Precambrian as an era. Since it opened it 1981, millions of people have paraded past the museums Tower of Time, a display involving prehisortic time. Kenton was the first to pint out the error. Kenton, who lives in Allegan, Michigan and attends Alamo Elementary School near Kalamazoo, said his 5th grade teacher, John Chapman, made he same mistake Precambrian in a classroom earth-science lesson beofre catching himself. "I knew Mr. Chapman wouldn't tell all these student bad information," the boy told the Kalamazoo Gazette for a stoty published Wendsday. Last week, the boy received a letter from the Museum, acknowledging that his observation was "spot-on." "The Precambrian is a dimensionless unit of time, which embraces all the time between the origin of the Earth to the begining Cambrian Period of geologic time," the letter says. The sloution to the problem would not involve advanced science, but rather simply painting over the word "era", the note says. While no previous visitors had brought up the error, it was long rankled the paleobiology departments staff, who noticed it even before the Tower of Time was erected 27 years ago, said Lorraine Ramsdell educational technician for the museum. "The question is, why was it put up with that on it in th first place?" Lorriane said. Excited as he was to receive the corrospondance from the museum officals, he couldn't help but point out that it was addressed to Kenton Stuffelbeam. In Allegan. *** Ladies and gents, the next Enstien.

04-03-2008, 08:04 PM	#5
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	Ok, let me post there then.