NOAH: grrr.. mumble, mumble..
ME: C'mon, it will be fun! Tonight you get to write B's!!
NOAH: I already know that.
ME: O.K., then. Write your name at the top.
NOAH: (writing) H A O N
ME: No, honey, see the way I wrote the arrow, follow the arrow.
NOAH: I didn't see the arrow, oops.
ME: well, now you do, let's erase it and write it that way.
NOAH: O.K. (writing) N A O H - *(by this time I swear I hear his evil laugh in his head)
ME: Is that the way you write your name??? Uh, NO! try. again. (so, by now I'm getting a wee bit frustrated, but still trying to keep my cool)
NOAH: okay, okay N O A H
ME: THANK YOU! Good job, now lets write B's. start with the upper case.
NOAH: o.k... *as he is writing B's he is making the upper case as small as he can
ME: uh, Noah, you have to go all the way to the top line, and be sure to touch the bottom line, too.
NOAH: O.k... (so he writes the extremely exaggerated)
ME: Do you want to turn them in that way??? She will not like these B's!!!!!
NOAH: O.k... hold on. (to which he precedes to write them with his eyes shut) LOOK MOM!!! I can write B's with my eyes shut!!!!
ME: NOAH, SERIOUSLY, WE COULD BE DONE BY NOW... LOOK AT THE FREAKIN' PAPER (o.k.. I didn't way freakin' but I REALLY wanted to!) and write the FREAKIN (see previous parenthesis) B!!!!
NOAH: o.k.. o.k... (goes on to write a perfect B) see!!
ME: O.K.. (wiping sweat off of my head) on to lower case. (a lot less bubbly than I was with the upper case)
NOAH: No, I think I'm just gonna write big B's
ME: No, You need to write small B's
NOAH: ugh!!!!!!!!!! FINE (he goes on to write them very quickly, pressing hard, and growling the entire time
ME: good.. put them in your backpack.. your done.
OMG. I totally know why I'm not homeschooling. That would so not work. God bless all the moms that stay at home with their kids and homeschool. Noah and I would kill each other. Seriously. I'm not sure which one would kill the other first. Over B's. One of us would be dead because of B's. That's sad.
3 comments:
Lol...is this what I get to look forward to next year!!
That is about how it goes with Sophie too---frustrated at the slightest bit of correction. It is also a confirmation for me, that I made the right choice regarding schooling. Luke and I would definitely not do well :)
I think I'll spare you the tales of my adventures with a third grade cursive revolt this week. Let's just say it ended with 15 students working on the letter Aa during recess...
Enjoy!
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