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**Skippy**

An exhibition in The Met's Byzantine gallery (AP/Gregory Bull)New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) is one of the world's premier destinations for artistic and historical exhibitions. But this epicenter of worldly culture is not above admitting the occasional mistake. Even when the correction comes from one curious 13-year-old boy.

The Hartford Courant reports that 13-year-old Benjamin Lerman Coady found an error in the Met's Byzantine Gallery during a recent visit. The seventh-grader is a fledgling history buff who recently studied the Byzantine Empire in school.

While checking some of the dates on the map, Coady noticed that sections featuring Spain and Africa were missing.

Before leaving the museum, Coady attempted to inform the museum that the map was inaccurate. "The front desk didn't believe me," he told the paper. "I'm only a kid."

However, Coady received an email from the museum's senior vice president for external affairs, notifying him that his request was being forwarded to the museum's medieval affairs department for further review.

A few months later, Helen Evans, the Met's curator for Byzantine art, sent Coady an email: "You are, of course, correct about the boundaries of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian," she wrote.

Evans even invited Coady back to the museum to meet with her in person. She says the Met is working on updating the map but isn't sure when a new, more accurate rendition can be put on display.

So, what lesson did Coady take from his experience? "If you have a question, always ask it," he told the paper. "Always take chances."

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**Bond, James Bond** Licensed to kill User ID: 007 05-04-2012 03:30 AM

So a smart alec kid got to feel all proud for being "right" and got some attention from the grown ups.
Why does that remind me of someone?

**Rager** lop guest User ID: 93818 05-04-2012 03:32 AM

Bond, James Bond Wrote:

So a smart alec kid got to feel all proud for being "right" and got some attention from the grown ups.
Why does that remind me of someone?

**The Lucky AC** Everything in life is luck User ID: 888 05-04-2012 03:37 AM

Bond, James Bond Wrote:

So a smart alec kid got to feel all proud for being "right" and got some attention from the grown ups.
Why does that remind me of someone?

**Bond, James Bond** Licensed to kill User ID: 007 05-04-2012 03:44 AM

Going by some of the posts here Skippy you might want to either up the level of your posting or get a nice strong, pitchfork and torch resistant door.
Either that or maybe just hesitate before hitting that post button.

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**Grendelmort**

When kids throw adult teaching back in their face - adults get pissed off. The replies on this thread are proof of that !

Pi Infinity User ID: 3.14159265 05-04-2012 03:50 AM

Grendelmort Wrote:

When kids throw adult teaching back in their face - adults get pissed off. The replies on this thread are proof of that !

How exactly is this thread teaching anybody anything? Skippy is a teacher now?

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 94459 05-04-2012 03:55 AM

Pi Wrote:

Grendelmort Wrote:
When kids throw adult teaching back in their face - adults get pissed off. The replies on this thread are proof of that !

How exactly is this thread teaching anybody anything? Skippy is a teacher now?

Reading comp;
adult teaching was the art, the adults were the childish post above.

**Bond, James Bond** Licensed to kill User ID: 007 05-04-2012 04:00 AM

Skippy, if you can't handle this level of hazing, honestly you're poorly equipped to deal with life.
I guess we already knew that though.

**Rager** lop guest User ID: 93818 05-04-2012 04:02 AM

Bond, James Bond Wrote:

Skippy, if you can't handle this level of hazing, honestly you're poorly equipped to deal with life.
I guess we already knew that though.

You mean, if he can't handle internet trolls he won't be able to handle when TSHTF?

**Bond, James Bond** Licensed to kill User ID: 007 05-04-2012 04:04 AM

Rager Wrote:

Bond, James Bond Wrote:
Skippy, if you can't handle this level of hazing, honestly you're poorly equipped to deal with life.
I guess we already knew that though.

You mean, if he can't handle internet trolls he won't be able to handle when TSHTF?

That's about how it works, yeah.
Can't imagine someone this semi hysterical and emotional trying to bribe his way through a checkpoint or something.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 94465 05-04-2012 04:07 AM

Skippy Wrote:

The Hartford Courant reports that 13-year-old Benjamin Lerman Coady

What are you doing
hanging around with
a 13-year-old boy?

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 70676 05-04-2012 04:11 AM

Nice story Skippy, thanks for posting.

Dont mind the assholes in this thread. Your posts are always welcome but unfortunately they allow mentally retarded people to use the internet without medication.

**Vicious**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Nice story Skippy, thanks for posting.

Dont mind the assholes in this thread. Your posts are always welcome but unfortunately they allow mentally retarded people to use the internet without medication.

Well Skip,
There's a mistake in your title.

Embarassed indeed.

**Disturbed** · **Disturbed** As I walk.. User ID: 1 05-04-2012 07:35 AM **Posts: 20,781**

Ad hominem attacks, done by the same people over and over, using the anon feature will be instant ban from now on.

Stay of the f*cking threads if the only reason you go in is to attack the poster, without even acknowledging, refuting, addressing, etc. the topic.