Homework can be educational
My second grader is working on his homework, and has a multiple choice question: “Which of these is make believe?” One of the answers was the Tooth Fairy.
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Why homework wears ME out
Me: Where’s your homework? Him: I don’t know. Me: Okay… where’s your backpack? Him: I don’t know. Me: Can we perhaps look for it? Him: No, “Smallville” is on. Me: click. Him: Gosh! Me: Once again, where’s your backpack? Him: It’s still in the car. Me: … Him: Can I watch “Smallville” now? Me: No, […]
This should come as a shock to no one
I’m helping my seven-year-old with his reading homework, and he has a set of sentences about a bear. Only he keeps pronouncing it “beer.” “The beer slept on a rock.” “He saw a beer in the woods.” “The beer had brown fur and huge nasty sharp teeth.” Is there anything it can’t do?