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    Grounding DS away from his books is our nuclear option; he knows he is in definite trouble should we reach that point! ;-)

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    Fun thread. I'll add one from this weekend.

    Took DS(6) to an art show. DS starts discussing the properties of copper with a metal sculpture artist. It suddenly hit me that the artist must not have realized he's talking to a 1st grader because he asked DS if he's taken chemistry yet.

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    I don't have to worry about homeschooling kindergarten actively; DS2.11 is already driving the "curriculum" bus. He's hot housing himself. Topics that he wanted to explore today--complete with some experiments he asked to do by early afternoon:

    - water and the water cycle
    - why does water flow?
    - the roosting habits of ghost faced bats, including building a DS-sized spelunking cave out of blankets and pillows, complete with model bats, cave crabs, cockroaches, guano (yes, he wanted to model guano), and stalactites
    - why Egyptians left the heart in mummies, as well as a discussion of what DS would put in canonic jars ("definitely the heart and brain")
    - how Egyptians removed the brain ("did they have to pull it out the body's sinuses?")
    - listening to a song about the periodic table
    - discussing various human body systems in great detail, going into a lot of detail (e.g. How does oxygen travel to alveolar sacs and get into the bloodstream? Do capillaries carry both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?)
    - practicing spelling by reading words off a tin of zoo magnets, and describing what "new" words would be produced if the first/last letter was changed or omitted

    I feel like a hero. We did all that, are both fed and bathed, and I squeezed in a morning workout, cleaned the kitchen, and washed and folded a load of laundry. Contrast that with the days where he gets so fixated on a topic that we're unwashed in a messy house, eating oatmeal and berries at noon (or later!)


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    Ah, aquinas, if only every day could be like that...

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    Originally Posted by Portia
    DS7 rattles off some proof in the shower and asks in frustration, "How is it that Euclid thought all my thoughts first?!"

    All the good stuff is taken!

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    Originally Posted by aquinas
    Contrast that with the days where he gets so fixated on a topic that we're unwashed in a messy house, eating oatmeal and berries at noon (or later!)
    I think it is common for people to de-prioritize cleanliness and even food when they are working full tilt.

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    This morning in the car, the two dc's were hotly debating the existence of God, duplicating (unknowingly) Aquinas's and Pascal's arguments, on the one hand, and the (atheist) existentialist position, on the other. Never a dull moment!

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    When accolades are expected by your DC, and hardly worth talking about.

    Me: So you got Student of the Month, only the second month in...

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    Originally Posted by Portia
    ETA: You are a hero, Aquinas

    Aww, thanks Portia! I'm in good company. wink

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    Ah, aquinas, if only every day could be like that...

    My sentiments exactly, Barbus!

    Originally Posted by Bostonian
    I think it is common for people to de-prioritize cleanliness and even food when they are working full tilt.

    Thanks Bostonian, that was kind of you to say.


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    Originally Posted by GF2
    This morning in the car, the two dc's were hotly debating the existence of God, duplicating (unknowingly) Aquinas's and Pascal's arguments, on the one hand, and the (atheist) existentialist position, on the other. Never a dull moment!

    You know based on my screen name that I think that's terrific! laugh


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