One of our boys had done a report on an aquifer that runs under where we live using the name provided by the Illinois Department of Water Resources (I think that's what it was called) who explained the common name was incorrect.

When our son mentioned that in a class, the teacher basically ridiculed him, suggesting he didn't know what he was talking about. My son felt embarrassed and crushed, so I contacted the same government official and he sent a new letter (email) which I printed off and sent with my son to school.

I felt better about the teacher after the teacher read the letter to the class and apologized for having judged too harshly and too quickly.