This generation is insanely smart and observant. When I was his age, I was not analyzing marketing tactics. At 11, I had only two things on my mind: roller skates and Remington Steele. These days, I'm baffled by the things they come up with.
Earlier this week Lady May announced the fire drill at school that day was 'pointless' because her class was already on the playground for recess. Yep, she said 'pointless'. She also uses words like 'reenactment' and 'replica'. I don't know why I find this disturbing. It just doesn't seem like an 8 year old should have these words in her vocabulary yet.
The Squire is at it too. He comes home from classes spouting square roots and prime numbers and hoards of other mathematical oddities...and that was last year. More than I'd like to admit, I find myself Googling this stuff so I can check my 5th grader's homework! This college graduate is beginning to think I just might fail the 6th grade in 2011.
My answer for the kid with an injured eye? I'm thinking he looks so happy because he was too busy in the ER to finish his homework.
Even I didn't have to Google that one.
I agree! It's disturbing have my kiddo tutor me on irony for my college literature class.
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