Joy in the Pits of Despair
On a morning when I doubt everything I do and everything I am, it is a relief to have a bit of homeschool humor. My darling girls provided two separate episodes that lifted me from my wallowing self pity and made me smile.
Sometimes instructions are not crystal clear to 9 year olds. These are the instructions Special K received:
Change each addition problem to a multiplication problem
a) 3+3+3+3 b) 9+9+9 c) 7+7+7+7+7+7
This is how she interpreted the instructions:
a) 3x3x3x3=81 b) 9x9x9=729 c) 7x7x7x7x7x7=117,649
She did admit to having used a calculator to find her answers. She had to have been thinking, "Holy, cow! Math has sure taken a jump in difficulty!"
Skoshi A is learning to write Haiku in literature and writing. One of the two she wrote today absolutely cracks me up:
Sometimes instructions are not crystal clear to 9 year olds. These are the instructions Special K received:
Change each addition problem to a multiplication problem
a) 3+3+3+3 b) 9+9+9 c) 7+7+7+7+7+7
This is how she interpreted the instructions:
a) 3x3x3x3=81 b) 9x9x9=729 c) 7x7x7x7x7x7=117,649
She did admit to having used a calculator to find her answers. She had to have been thinking, "Holy, cow! Math has sure taken a jump in difficulty!"
Skoshi A is learning to write Haiku in literature and writing. One of the two she wrote today absolutely cracks me up:
A Haiku has five
Seven and five syllables
Whale, chicken, pie, why?
Comments
Oh, and when I saw the title of your post I thought you were talking about your basement. Isnt' that what you call it too? That will be a joy cleaning out when you move. Find any houses in Utah that meet some of your "dream house" criteria?
It was a rough morning, Lil' Lamb was being a bear and is not sleeping well at all. My teenage son was being a bear about everything, especially moving type stuff. It was one of those days when I questioned my ability to parent, homeschool, run a household, etc. I managed to get ahold of my hubby and he gave me a good pep talk and the rest of the day went really nicely :)
I have a haiku for you:
Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
hahahaha
Looking forward to reading! Feel free to stop by my blog. :o)
Jamie
For Love of Cupcakes