Dmmetler Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I printed out some fun (I thought) math and logic activities for Halloween today. Which turned into a tirade on how wrong it was that kids were being inculcated with cisgenderism by math puzzles that assume that Jenny and Malorie might want to be a ballerina or cheerleader, but Jerry and Michael obviously would rather be a ghost or zombie. She's now happily working on creating better puzzles that don't exist to prop up antiquated gender norms. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTBernard Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 I printed out some fun (I thought) math and logic activities for Halloween today. Which turned into a tirade on how wrong it was that kids were being inculcated with cisgenderism by math puzzles that assume that Jenny and Malorie might want to be a ballerina or cheerleader, but Jerry and Michael obviously would rather be a ghost or zombie. She's now happily working on creating better puzzles that don't exist to prop up antiquated gender norms. Both my DS and DD were male Ninjago characters :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Both my DS and DD were male Ninjago characters :) A couple of years ago my boys were Anna and Elsa. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I printed out some fun (I thought) math and logic activities for Halloween today. Which turned into a tirade on how wrong it was that kids were being inculcated with cisgenderism by math puzzles that assume that Jenny and Malorie might want to be a ballerina or cheerleader, but Jerry and Michael obviously would rather be a ghost or zombie. She's now happily working on creating better puzzles that don't exist to prop up antiquated gender norms. Ha! Oh yes. My 10yr old daughter gets on her soapbox over the gender stereotyping in junkmail catalogues for Christmas. She gets very worked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 We were playing a word game as a family and my 10yr old daughter was giving clues for us to come up with the word 'iron'. Her clue: take the zinc off a nail and you'll have ....? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 DD working on a combinations problem (each group has three members, each member is in no more than 2 groups, no group has two members in common): "What version of Agile (software development methodology) are they using? I mean, it makes no sense to make teams without considering individual strengths, weaknesses, and skills? What if C is a complete incompetent who shouldn't be allowed within a mile of A's code?" Can you tell that she's the daughter of a software engineer who is very frustrated with just that sort of arbitrary team set up?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 The answer about why peer review is perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 There was a conversation last night between two of my daughters (20yr and 10yr) about a Nirvana song, Lithium. 20yr old: I think it's track #2 on that album with the naked baby swimming 10yr old: If it's called lithium, surely it's number 3 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Me: "What is a noun?" DD#2: "A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea." Me: "Can you name a person for me?" DD: "[sister's name]!" Me: "Great. A place? DD: "Restaurant!" Me: "Good job. A thing?" DD: "Chair!" Me: "Yes. And an idea?" DD: "We could play on the Wii U!" 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 My daughter was MIA for a little while and when she turned up again she said, 'Sorry, I was just smelling some books'. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) Workbook: "Find C4. What can you do there?" 6yo: :eek: "It's only a 3rd grade workbook!" :svengo: "I almost fainted." Me: :lol: Edited November 28, 2016 by luuknam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Condessa Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I overheard this one when I was helping out in Sunday School class: Dd7 to teacher: Hey, cool, look! The seam of your skirt is shaped like a lower case lambda! Teacher: What? Dd7: A lambda, see. Here! Teacher: Uh, you're right, it does. (Insert crazy look at me.) Other kids: What's that mean? Dd6: it's Greek. Dd7: It's like the lowercase letter L. Other kids: What is Greek? Dd7: the language they spoke in Ancient Greece. You know, like Greek myths. Other kids: What? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Not a wow, but an unexpected quip coming from my eldest. "Now see, that is an act of favoritism." (to an auntie who, in kid's opinion, is always favoring Sister) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor_dad Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Tonight DS10 comes in during bed time having finished "The Left-handed Fate" and looking for something else to read. I scramble around and find something... ME: Here's "Itch" its about a kid who collects the elements and is sort of a mystery... I was going to pre-read it but haven't so I don't know much more... DS10: Cool! <various humorous comments about the protagonist being named Itchingham ensue and then> DW: He better be careful not to set his room on fire when he gets to astatine. DS10: Mom!<big eyeroll> Maybe you're thinking of flourine, it wants to be on fire. Astatine wants to not exist. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Found in DD's chapter study guide today: 11. The prefix electro- means “electricity.†The suffix -phoresis comes from a Greek word that means “carrying.†How do these two meanings relate to what happens in gel electrophoresis? An electric current moves, or carries, you might say, the fragments toward the positive electrode. Followed by a drawing of the Electrode pokemon, complimenting the reader. I think maybe she's trying to make sure someone actually reads the stuff! Then, in the "Ethics of bioengineering" 2. Suppose you are a spokesperson for a group that is against genetic screening. Draw and write a one-page advertisement that focuses on the ethical questions surrounding genetic screening. IS THE GOVERNMENT STEALING YOUR DNA? qwertyuiopasdfghjkllYour DNA is uniquely yours. Don’t let the government take it from you with genetic screening! They say they’re screening your DNA to make sure you don’t have disorders. But what are they doing with it after they scan it? If you might have a genetic disorder, will they force you to get scanned? Once they know your DNA, they can know about everything you are. You could get cloned. WE NEED TO FIGHT THIS GENETIC SCREENING HORROR! OTHERWISE, WE WILL NEVER BEAT THOSE DIRTY COMMUNISTS WHO ARE SOMEHOW INVOLVED. Sigh..... maybe she has a future writing conspiracy theory social media posts?? 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 "WHO ARE SOMEHOW INVOLVED." That was the best part. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 You know that game where you take turns saying "I'm going on a trip and I'm going to bring..." and you add items to the list, going through the alphabet? Well, DD#1 and I were playing a version of that with "I went to the park and I [verbed] a [direct object]." For the letter U, she said, "I went to the park and I underestimated an undecillion." :lol: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Upon learning that there would be a "curve" on the exam in which the difference between 100% and the highest score would be added to every student's score: dd says: "That's not a curve. That's a linear transformation!" The process for creating a bell curve distribution of scores. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) dp Edited January 10, 2017 by daijobu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 10 year old is unraveling the tangled cord for earbuds and mumbles to herself: 'arrgh, entropy'. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Sacha: "I can't decide if I'd rather be Secretary of the Treasury or SecDef." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullseye Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Following a conversation last night about the line of presidential succession that I wasn't aware he was listening to, DS 2.5 at lunch today arranged his grapes from largest to smallest, gave them all titles (Grape President, Grape VP, Speaker of the Grape House, etc.), then proceeded to eat them in order and "inaugurate" new grapes. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 10 year old: "Mum, there's a fine line between mother and smother." 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I feel like I'm monopolising this thread, but wow it's nice to have a place to share the stuff my 10yr old comes out with. Tonight she was making dinner and it involved placing her filo pasties on a baking tray. "I guess I'll need to tesselate them." 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Today DD got two gifts-a box of 50 yr old college forestry textbooks, and a stuffed tuatara from New Zealand. She's excited about both :) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 My daughter was MIA for a little while and when she turned up again she said, 'Sorry, I was just smelling some books'. Too cute! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Too cute! I couldn't make up these things if I tried. She is quite a character :001_smile: There was one time she was swimming in our backyard pool and was trying to do as many laps as possible on one breath. At one point, she came up gasping for breath and then shook her fist at the sky while yelling 'Curse you, Class Mammalia'. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Maybe not only from an enriching homeschool environment but definitely from an enriching musical environment...dd said this, "The third of a five in the first is a seventh." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 10yr old was looking through one of my histology textbooks from the 90s, wondering if aquaporins had been discovered yet. It wasn't in there, but she did find aqueous humour in the index list. "Hey, Mum, aqueous humour - a water molecule walks into a bar ...." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 While I was working with Celery, Broccoli was answering some multiple choice questions about some text. One of the questions was about how strawberries tasted best. He'd circled "with sugar", then erased his answer, changed it to the correct (based on what the text said) "without anything else", and then wrote "which is not true" under it. :) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Not nearly as cute at all these little ones, but.... DS (16) represented NZ at the IMO last year, and after taking his first practice SAT, he told me that he needs to review decimals. :huh: 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 DS (newly 7yo), reading Percy Jackson. He got to the part where Annabeth practically smacked him upside the head for wanting to go in an airplane: "Why didn't they just use the creeks and rivers?" Boom! Story line destroyed for me. Because...yeah. It would have been much easier on them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 So, poor sweet 10yr old was up in the middle of night, throwing up. Which meant I was up in the middle of the night, holding back hair, making comforting cooing noises and giving gentle shoulder pats etc. In the wee hours of the morning, post-spew, we were sitting together discussing the big issues. If silicon is so chemically similar to carbon, why aren't we silicon-based life forms? What is steel an alloy of .... iron and ?? Oh yes, iron and carbon. Can you alloy an alloy with an alloy? What would you call it? Is it just a mixture then? Is rubber a type of plastic? Etc etc. You can imagine. *yawn* 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Not nearly as cute at all these little ones, but.... DS (16) represented NZ at the IMO last year, and after taking his first practice SAT, he told me that he needs to review decimals. :huh: I can totally relate! :laugh: A few days ago, mine forgot that the 6th month is June! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Just sharing a piece of DS 10's fiction because this part cracked me up, "Then, as if the universe wanted to give them a reason to, there was a knock at the door. Mac answered it. “Excuse me, but who are you,†said Mac. “I’m a man,†said the man. “Okay,†said Mac. “I meant what is your name?†“George. Ronald George,†said Ronald George. “Alright, come on in,†said Mac “Why are you here?†“Oh, I almost forgot,†said Ronald George. “I dabble in science,†“I have created many devices to help the human race.â€â€œAs I am a scientist of course, I have also made some discoveries in chemistry many, many times,†said Ronald George. “Dude, do you have, like, a PhD,†said Guy. “No, only a master’s degree,†said Ronald George. "Only a master's degree." says my 10 year old. :lol: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbatoo Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 So, my 12 year old is learning cursive today so he can sign his name on his ACT application. 😂 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Me: Do you know what a hyperbola is? 10yr old: A caffeinated parabola? 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) I was just sneaking some chocolate (Cadbury DairyMilk Peppermint, oh yum). There was a sticky note on it, saying 'High in saturated fat'. Hmmm. I noticed the salt shaker. A sticky note on it says 'think twice'. The container of cashew nuts? "Only have 30g." Who knows what else I'll find. ETA: On the muesli:Contains palm oil!! ETA #2: The falafel mix says: Too much sodium! Just realised they are colour-coded too. She's done a traffic-light system. The red ones are bad, bad, bad...she better not have put anything on my coffee. That would be crossing a line. :001_smile: Edited March 6, 2017 by chocolate-chip chooky 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Not restricted to homeschooling, DS12 wrote this on his notebook which he use as scrap paper. Half Of My Energy Wasted On Random Knowledge 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Doesn't quite fit here, but nonetheless... DH joins the rest of us at dinner. My 2 dd's are discussing some fine point of chemistry. (Older dd had ap chem last year, and is helping younger dd who is taking regular chem now.) So they're going at it about who knows what: acids/bases, balancing equations, whatnot. DH sits down to dinner while all this technical discussion is going on and he says, "I feel like I've signed up for Honors Family," meaning, like if our family were a class, it would be honors level. Then I joined in with, "Man, I really need an easy A. I'm going to drop this Honors Family class and sign up for Regular Family, or Remedial Family or something." 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) DS12 is doing calculus homework and end up talking about Absement Jerk Jounce/Snap Crackle Pop Lock Drop Shot My physics "trivia" knowledge is getting enriched :) ETA: Cereal Trivia related to Snap, Crackle and Pop that we didn't know "You’re familiar with the elves, Snap! Crackle! and Pop! Their onomatopoetic names match the very cereal they’ve repped since the ’30s—Kellogg’s Rice Krispie" http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/untold-tale-pow-fourth-rice-krispies-elf-180949379/#koaEU616i2WZKMDR.99 Edited March 16, 2017 by Arcadia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 This also doesn't fit here, but I couldn't figure out where else to put it and it's not worth starting a new thread. I was tutoring a friend's kid through their homework (tutoring is stretching a point to describe what I do, but whatever). They were writing a response to a short piece on a gymnast, and after I'd gotten them up from a fairly awful "paragraph" to one that actually looked like a 10 year old might have written it occurred to me to ask "So, anyway, what are the Olympics?" "Well... I think they're kinda like the Hunger Games, right?" Kinda kid. Very kinda! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Not restricted to homeschooling, DS12 wrote this on his notebook which he use as scrap paper. Half Of My Energy Wasted On Random Knowledge :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) DD11 with her random tangential question of the day: "If the plural of bacteria is bacterium why is the plural for millennium =millennia?". Why indeed.*side eye* Edited March 17, 2017 by Ebunny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 This also doesn't fit here, but I couldn't figure out where else to put it and it's not worth starting a new thread. I was tutoring a friend's kid through their homework (tutoring is stretching a point to describe what I do, but whatever). They were writing a response to a short piece on a gymnast, and after I'd gotten them up from a fairly awful "paragraph" to one that actually looked like a 10 year old might have written it occurred to me to ask "So, anyway, what are the Olympics?" "Well... I think they're kinda like the Hunger Games, right?" Kinda kid. Very kinda! S/he reads hunger games at 10(?) and connects it to Olympics!. Impressive.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 DD11 with her random tangential question of the day: "If the plural of bacteria is bacterium why is the plural for millennium =millennia?". Why indeed. Because she has it backward. Bacteria is plural; bacterium is singular. DD#2 is writing a story and has announced that "no one is allowed to read this until it is published!" I'll be sure to let you all know when her bestseller hits the shelves. :lol: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 DS7, approaching his dinner: "Mmmm! Ambwosia! The food of the gods!" And during a Beast Academy lesson, "I shall now pwoceed to demonstwate..." (And I didn't catch the rest because it took everything I had to keep a straight face!) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Because she has it backward. Bacteria is plural; bacterium is singular. Shhh...I'm waiting for her to get it. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Dp Edited March 17, 2017 by Ebunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I was just sneaking some chocolate (Cadbury DairyMilk Peppermint, oh yum). There was a sticky note on it, saying 'High in saturated fat'. Hmmm. I noticed the salt shaker. A sticky note on it says 'think twice'. The container of cashew nuts? "Only have 30g." Who knows what else I'll find. ETA: On the muesli:Contains palm oil!! ETA #2: The falafel mix says: Too much sodium! Just realised they are colour-coded too. She's done a traffic-light system. The red ones are bad, bad, bad...she better not have put anything on my coffee. That would be crossing a line. :001_smile: Is she posting these for you or for herself? If they're for her I would actually be concerned about a developing eating disorder. Just seems a bit obsessive (eating disorders run in my family so I'm primed to watch for warning signs). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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