Seems you don't have to be smart to make an educational game

[csberry]

Calvin and I pulled out his new board game, Great States Junior, this past weekend. I was really enjoying it and pleased with how it was familiarizing the boy with the different states - things about them and their location. That is, until I flipped over this card:



Best case scenario, this was a proofreading slip up...but STILL to goof the spelling for a landmark/event they decided was worthy of putting in an EDUCATIONAL game?! It's hard to talk about why Calvin has to spell words the way everyone else does (he is very strong willed about coming up with his own way to do things - games, names of people/things, etc) when this game illustrates that it wasn't important to the manufacturer.

I called up International Playthings to see if they had corrected it already and if I could get a card with the correct spelling. The lady looked through the system and pulled out the latest version. Nope, not corrected. She promised to pass this info onto the product manager. Part of me wants to call them back every few months to see if they have corrected it yet. Until then, I've taken a Sharpie to the "e."

ETA: I just pondered how many of you would know which "e" in the question is wrong. My working for WSM certainly exposed me to the name far more than the avg person, so if you didn't know...it should be "Opry."

Comments

[valiskeogh.livejournal.com]

you HAD to save that as a tiff didn't you...

[csberry.livejournal.com]

That was the default on the scanner and I was in a rush, so decided not to convert it over...however, I intend to do so during lunchtime.

[csberry.livejournal.com]

There. It is a tif no more.

[otopico.livejournal.com]

That's as bad as the time I called MSNBC because they had mixed up MLK's birthday (January 15th) and the day he was killed (April 4th).

I don't expect much from humanity, but the simple stuff we should have down by now.

[theverticalbar.livejournal.com]

haha did they say if they had gotten calls about that before?

[csberry.livejournal.com]

She acted like it was a new discovery. I think this game has been out long enough that if I was the first to report it...then I guess only Yankees have bought it. *shrugs*

[chris21718.livejournal.com]

They'll have to OPER-ate on that card. :-P

[csberry.livejournal.com]

*handtoforehead*

Wanna do lunch next week? I'm having to do a bit of financial coasting this week and need to do leftovers, but definitely want to meet up next week. Maybe Asian someplace?