Birds can't talk????

[Lisa's Tiki]

My daughter, who’s 8 and in the 3rd grade, told me last night that during reading class (her school breaks the kids up based on their reading level and they go to different classrooms during reading time) yesterday her teacher was talking about real and fiction and the teacher said “Bird’s can’t talk – that’s fiction!” WHAT!!! My daughter raised her hand and said “Birds can talk – I have three birds at home that talk!” I guess she put that teacher in her place!

[raddaughter]

That is so cute!

[kristy29]

What an idiot teacher!! But good for your daughter for saying something!

[Sally]

I thought everyone knew many birds can talk. What a cute story.

[bb100]

That is a cute story. My CAG talks our ears off!!

[Vega]

Ummmm, I thought that the "talking" a bird does isn't actual "talking", but rather mimicking of our sounds...that to us are words.

[Izzy2006]

Birds can so talk!
My bird doesnt but he can wistle mission impossible 3, row row row you boat,the lysol comercial also.

YOU DAUGHTER HAS SPUNK!!!!

[Lisa's Tiki]

Don't tell an African Grey they can't talk or hold conversations! Alot of them know EXACTLY what they are saying - they are not mimicking!

[Copper]

Want to borrow my CAG's that not only talk but formulate their own questions and answers?

[ROYJOY]

that teacher needs to look at "the n'kisi project" http://www.sheldrake.org/nkisi/nkisi1_text.html there is also audio if ya have the right soft ware. that grey, now, has over 900 words vocabulary.