OMiGosh-- I had no idea that other kids did that, too. LOL. My DD was very likely to select items B and C above in some combination, depending on her mood at the time. Generally B is deliberate snark, coming from her, and is often in response to work that is ridiculously trivial from her perspective.
MoN has just described my DD to a tee.
We used to call that phenomenon "quantum jumping" and it made homeschooling DD a
nightmare. She'd--without warning-- make these leaps OUT of material (a full years' worth of curriculum, I mean), and forcing her to keep working through it at that point was... just.... oooooooooo- awful.
Once we stepped back out of the ensuing power struggle, it was clear that what
had seemed kinda fun/novel for her for a few weeks was simply no longer any kind of meaningful for her, and she went into full refusal mode.
We've also referred to her as "Goldilocks" for her narrow proximal zone and intolerance for being pushed out of it. (That is worth doing anyway, btw, and it does get better with time...)
