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#223969 - 10/16/15 05:43 AM
Re: Not-really-brag-so-much-as-quirky-anecdote thread
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Last night I was helping DS7 with his French homework, and there was one question that neither of us could figure out. I told him to leave it and ask his teacher.
This morning I reminded him to hand in his homework and he didn't want to because of the unfinished question. So I said "Well ask your teacher - that's what teachers are there for".
DS: "That's not what they're there for - they are there for their careers!"
No idea we had such a cynic in our house! I swear that neither DH or I have said anything like this to him (despite the current labor dispute with the teachers where we are)!
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#224735 - 11/01/15 10:13 AM
Re: Not-really-brag-so-much-as-quirky-anecdote thread
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Speaking of obscure costumes. On Thursday, DD12's new school had a Halloween party. She was excited to go, but did not want to dress up. When we picked her up afterward she said: "Guess who won best homemade costume?" Seems it was awarded by applause volume and she made an impassioned plea for having made a costume of a "regular person" by growing the cotton and spinning the thread and weaving the fabric... and so on. She basically charmed her way into a bag of m&ms (the prize).
In years past, when I was struggling with the sewing machine trying to make her some outfit, I used to dream of a time when she'd be able to handle her costume herself. Guess we are there.
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#224736 - 11/01/15 10:58 AM
Re: Not-really-brag-so-much-as-quirky-anecdote thread
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DS's teacher, during my parent-teacher conference: "I always go to to DS when I can't remember something, like what page we're on in the book or where we left off or whatever, because he always knows. Actually, he just knows a lot of things generally. If I don't know the answer to a question, I sometimes just ask him because he might know. He just has so much general knowledge."
BTW, this is in a class composed only of gifted kids. She's really sweet and a good teacher, but my jaw did drop just a little.
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#224759 - 11/02/15 09:13 AM
Re: Not-really-brag-so-much-as-quirky-anecdote thread
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Now if someone could point me to plush galaxies for Christmas...
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#224767 - 11/02/15 01:08 PM
Re: Not-really-brag-so-much-as-quirky-anecdote thread
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Out of the blue in the car the other day: DD6: Has anyone ever built a real time machine before? Me: I'm sure some people have tried, but not successfully. Why? Do you want to build a time machine? DD6: Well a time machine, a rocket ship, an airplane or a magic school bus. I haven't really decided yet. But I do know I am going to need lots of buttons.
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#224772 - 11/02/15 03:22 PM
Re: Not-really-brag-so-much-as-quirky-anecdote thread
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DS4 asked that we "never, ever talk about the impacts of daylight savings time" because he "knows all about it, and the discussion is redundant."
Yeah, good thing we homeschool.
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#224777 - 11/02/15 05:12 PM
Re: Not-really-brag-so-much-as-quirky-anecdote thread
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Now if someone could point me to plush galaxies for Christmas... These plush planets are the best I can come up with so far: http://celestialbuddies.com/shop/
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#224783 - 11/02/15 08:03 PM
Re: Not-really-brag-so-much-as-quirky-anecdote thread
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