My daughter is seven, and a few weeks ago her class spent the week choosing a subject to “investigate” (basically write reports on). The teacher might have been hoping they chose something like “nature”, or “factories”, or “history”, but the room of seven-year-old kids did the seven-year-old thing and chose “Pokémon”.
Each kid was tasked with writing about a single Pokémon.
Below, you will find a sample of the results of their investigations.
ARCEUS
What does my Pokemon look like?
He looks like Arceus
What are my Pokemon’s characteristics?
He saves people and he [is] nice.
What does my Pokemon do?
He is a multitype Pokemon.
CHARIZARD
What does my Pokemon look like?
He looks cool. He looks like a dragon that breathes fire.
What are my Pokemon’s characteristics?
He is so powerful and can defeat Pikachu.
What does my Pokemon do?
He is a flamethrower.
MEW
What does my Pokemon look like?
Mew looks like a cat with a [squrm?] tail.
What are my Pokemon’s characteristics?
Mew is a playful Pokemon. Mew is rare too.
What does my Pokemon do?
Mew is called the new species Pokemon. Mew is a psychic type Pokemon.
SYLVEON
What does my Pokemon look like?
She is a fairy Pokemon.
What are my Pokemon’s characteristics?
She is shy sometimes.
What does my Pokemon do?
Cute charm.
And there you have it. I hope you, like the children of this class, were able to learn something today.
It’s easy to look at 2017, extrapolate to the future and be filled with a crushing sense of dread. But remember, amidst all the wreckage, at least some of the kids are all right. Especially the ones who love Arceus.
Comments
4 responses to “When A Classroom Learns About Pokémon”
I know you want to think the best of the kids, but I reckon Mew’s tail looks like “spurm”
That’s what I thought too, it’s the closest word that makes sense (well, kinda).
Also look at the hand drawn pokemon in the bottom right of picture 2 (to the right of the one yelling “geo!!”. Pretty sure that’s meant to be a penis between his legs.
Love them or hate them, but the pokemon handbook was the catalyst for my 2 boys to become prolific readers in the 90s when the first tsunami hit. Maybe the teacher needed a copy for some real stats ????
“Characteristics” is a big word for 7-year olds.