Ds6 had to count in tens as high as he could. He figured 200 was high enough to prove he could do it. Ds8 declined to write a letter explaining why he shouldn't have to do homework the next week (the winner got a week off homework) on the grounds that it would take him longer to write the letter than tfort to do the homework and at best he had a one in thirty chance of winning. Why do the teachers think the kids will go for such stuff. This week one of ds6's homework tasks is to build a fort in his room and attach a photo to his homework sheet. What? Not unless he chooses to he wont as i am not insisting on it.