Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Virginia 10-Year-Old Spots Textbook Error

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A Northern Virginia fifth grader pointed out an error in a textbook, taking his science lesson to school and getting national attention for the correction.

Liam Squires and his class at Pearson Elementary School in Fauquier County were reviewing their textbook after a lesson on the rock cycle when he saw a picture labeled sedimentary.

The sedimentary rock and igneous rock were labeled incorrectly in the textbook.He told his teacher, Serena Porter, who couldn't believe it at first."It was just baffling,” she said. “I was like, I didn't even know what to do at that point, like, OK, well, close the book, let's move along,"His story made the local Fauquier Times, then

 

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Not surprised at all. I see errors all the time in books.

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