Is Pluto a really a Dwarf? What would Grumpy say?

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Originally Posted by Frogberto

I knew about the mnemonic (actually, I think there's more than one), but it's a shame instead of inviting discussion about how science works, how we explore new things about our universe all the time, or even how science changes, the focus has been on "okay kids, memorize a new list". That doesn't help kids at all.

Too true. It's a shame that in our educational system little to no value is placed on the actual process of learning. It's all about what facts they can spout off. Or more importantly, when they learn it and whether or not they can answer the question correctly on a standardized test. But I digress...

On kids shows they haven't included Pluto for a while. Science is so far behind Little Einsteins. On a side note, when we were kids we said, "your-anus." Nowadays it's "Yura-ness." Much less fun, I think.