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glidedrxlr22
10-19-2016, 10:17 AM
My kindergarten son has a project on England. I'm to help him draw and color the English flag. I was ready to start doing the St. George's Cross flag.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/255px-Flag_of_England.svg.png

My wife got to talking to the teacher about this project and the teacher said, "If it was me I'd do this one."

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/255px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png

I think she's just being lazy and doesn't truly get it. I told my wife, "She's nuts! That's the UK flag....not the English flag." I'm still going to do the correct one.

Does the teacher have a point? English ISHers what do you think? I don't want my son being docked for this.
NumberSix
10-19-2016, 10:33 AM
Chances are she doesn't know the difference between England and the UK or the English flag and the Union flag.
Ass Dan
10-19-2016, 10:38 AM
God bless our great American school system and learned teachers.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flags_of_the_Union_Jack.png/300px-Flags_of_the_Union_Jack.png
step_back
10-19-2016, 10:42 AM
The English flag IS NOT the Union Jack. Your sons teacher is clueless.
Hawker
10-19-2016, 11:58 AM
God bless our great American school system and learned teachers.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flags_of_the_Union_Jack.png/300px-Flags_of_the_Union_Jack.png

Should go back to the original now that Ireland is independent.
CeltsGarlic
10-19-2016, 12:57 PM
That woman is legit stupid.
Jasper
10-19-2016, 01:15 PM
I would have your son draw a penu s.

England was the pricks of the world for centuries trying to steal land from many legit countries.
Jasi
10-19-2016, 01:16 PM
Obviously you are correct but on the other hand I think that the use of "English" when referring to the UK is so widespread (similarly to "American" for the US - even if it's the opposite mistake) that the teacher's mistake (if it didn't come from a teacher :D) would be understandable.
BigNBAfan
10-19-2016, 02:24 PM
I would have your son draw a penu s.

England was the pricks of the world for centuries trying to steal land from many legit countries.

Are you ****ing stupid? so was everyone else, it's called colonialism.
KyrieTheFuture
10-19-2016, 02:28 PM
Are you ****ing stupid? so was everyone else, it's called colonialism.
I wonder how much shit Spain and Portugal would get for colonialism if they weren't poor as shit right now.
Jasper
10-19-2016, 04:12 PM
Are you ****ing stupid? so was everyone else, it's called colonialism.
centuries ??

name the countries
Ass Dan
10-19-2016, 10:48 PM
Should go back to the original now that Ireland is independent.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Brexit may usher out the blue though.
HarryCallahan
10-19-2016, 10:52 PM
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Brexit may usher out the blue though.
No it won't. Scotland will get EU entry vetoed by Spain. Already had a referendum on leaving UK and it lost.
HarryCallahan
10-19-2016, 10:54 PM
I wonder how much shit Spain and Portugal would get for colonialism if they weren't poor as shit right now.
Still not as much as England because they are a little bit browner.