Haiku Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 My kids have tickets that allot them 30 minutes of tv time per ticket. They have to turn them in to me before they watch anything. My dd8 brought me a ticket and said she was going to watch some Avatar (Last Airbender). We get it through Netflix Instant Watch. When I noticed her turning on a second episode, I said, "Dd, if you're going to watch more tv you owe me another ticket." She looked at me and said, very seriously, "No, Mom. Each episode is 21 minutes long. Two episodes are 42 minutes, and since 42 is rounded down to 30, one ticket covers both episodes. They would each have to be a minute and a half longer to get rounded up to one hour." :D The look on her face was priceless, like she couldn't even conceive of the fact that anyone would argue with her logic. Sometimes that "no commercials" thing screws up the neat little tv time-slots! :lol: Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenhwyfar Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I hope you gave her a freebie 30min for that creative thinking! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 What a cutie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen+4dc Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 :lol::lol: Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 :lol: Got to love it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 That's awesome logic! Love it! You have to let her watch for that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Smart kid!!!!!!!!! Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaGrownFamily Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 She's brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 HA! That's awesome. Very well-thought-out argument! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Wow, she put a lot of thought into that! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Yep, my kids always get bonus points for creative thinking. Last night I told my kids that they had to be asleep by 10:00 since today was the first day of school. Of course, they were overly excited and couldn't sleep. At 10:30 the oldest was still awake and so I told her again that if she didn't get to sleep soon she was going to be too tired today. Her response was, "All I am doing tomorrow is getting my locker, homeroom and schedule. Exactly how awake do I need to be to do that?" Couldn't argue with that so I just let her fall alseep on her own schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighp Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 :lol: She's give that a lot of thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 You should give her a bunch of tickets next week with all kinds of random amounts and see how she manages them. Who says tv isn't educational? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Amazing how their math skills improve when there's something REALLY IMPORTANT at stake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 You are a "arguing amateur" and this child is going to walk all over you. There are dozens of ways to argue with that. Who is training this girl for arguing? Not you, apparently! My mother wouldn't have argued either. Sweet thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 So cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 lol!:) My mom did tv tickets, too. My brother and I each got to choose two 30 minute shows, so we'd always conspire to make sure we didn't choose the same ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 You are a "arguing amateur" Not really. I have a 16 year old, too. I've got battle armor. ;) Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 You should probably be pricing law school if she's arguing like that now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I hope you gave her a freebie 30min for that creative thinking! :D I agree! That's a fantastic analysis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Cute, but her logic is flawed. :) While most measurements rely on the decimal system, where you'd round up to 100 if you were at 50 or more (half of 100), time is based on hours, which have but 60 minutes. Since 60 is the whole, 30 is the half, and you would round up to 60 once you pass 30. Is 2:42 closer to 2:00 or 3:00? - it's 3:00 - you round up after the half hour. 42 minutes do not get rounded down to 30 minutes, but up to the next hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Cute, but her logic is flawed. :) While most measurements rely on the decimal system, where you'd round up to 100 if you were at 50 or more (half of 100), time is based on hours, which have but 60 minutes. Since 60 is the whole, 30 is the half, and you would round up to 60 once you pass 30. Is 2:42 closer to 2:00 or 3:00? - it's 3:00 - you round up after the half hour. 42 minutes do not get rounded down to 30 minutes, but up to the next hour. Actually I think her logic is fine. :001_smile: Since the unit they are working in the half hour instead of the hour, she applied the concept perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolosoli Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 That was priceless!!!!!! Thanks for sharing that...it made me giggle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Very cute. I guess tickets are going to have to face some deflation: one ticket= 20 minutes of TV, but since I'm a nice mommy, I'll throw in a minute free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooblink Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 That's awesome! Watch out - she's gonna be a force to be reckoned with. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 My suggestion would be to start working on those essays for her Law School apps.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJCMom Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 She sounds like my older daughter. We don't have a formal system for how much television we allow the kids to watch, the answer is just usually "no.":lol: One time, our whole family had had a long, stressful week, so we all took a nap on Saturday afternoon. My older daughter was the first one awake, so she woke me up. As we were walking into the living room, she asked if she could watch a cartoon. So I said, "Give me one good reason why I should let you watch a cartoon." And without missing a beat she said, "Because daddy is still sleeping and if we are watching a cartoon, it will keep all of us kids quiet." I couldn't come up with a good rebuttal, so they got to watch a cartoon. She was four years old at the time of that conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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