Childrens Education

Childrens Education

Alpha, my wife, called me at work on Friday and told me Gamma, our youngest daughter, had been expelled from kindergarten earlier that day. Right after lunch: nap time. Gamma loves daycare, she loves the kids and the action and the food. She just doesn’t like anyone telling her when to sleep. So there she [...]

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Teaching math Girl: Now what? Dad: Put the six on the seven. Girl: [click] Okay. Dad: Now put the five on the six. Girl: [Click] Okay. Now what? Dad: Click for a new one. Girl: [Click] Now what? Dad: That’s a jack. Put it on the queen. That lady down there with the crown. Girl: [...]

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If there’s one way the daughter does not take after me (besides that whole American Idol thing), it’s that she does not like to read. She says that reading just isn’t “her thing” and that she should not be forced to pick up a book for pleasure when she has to read so much “junk” [...]

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