Live2Ride Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I swear some days my daughter refuses to put to good use that mass between her two ears...I'm grading her history questions today.... A few questions: -What effect do you think the automobile had on the development of society? Her answer: It affected people more.... -Compare and contrast the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln and the Imperial Decree of Alexander II. How are they similar? How are they different? Her answer: Both freed people, but later had it's hardships.... Or this one: -Compare the portrait of Prince Metternich with that of Emperor Napoleon III. How does each portrait reflect the political philosophies of each? Her answer: Metternich was powerful and persuasive, Napoleon was authoritive and commanding.... I asked her, "You got that from looking at those portraits"? She was 'able to see it in their face'. :svengo: Someone rescue me please.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 :laugh: Sorry. I just really enjoyed that last part! Last weeks convo with me and dd5: Me: Sharks hunt for their food which makes them? Dd: Predators. Me: Which makes the fish....? Dd: Their..... nephews? :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 That's funny! I just looked at her like "are you serious"?! and then plopped my head down into my arm on top of the teachers book I was grading from.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Lol. Homeschooling can definitely bring about a whole new level of frustration ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 List the differences between valley glaciers and continental glaciers. Answer: Valley glaciers are in a valley. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 List the differences between valley glaciers and continental glaciers. Answer: Valley glaciers are in a valley. *sigh* LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Togo Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Who started the Revolutionary War? The person who fired the first shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Oh, Honey! And here I was complaining about long division today. You win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Don't do it... it hurts, almost as much as the wall. Please, just take my word for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 These are hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Oh my gosh - thank you for the laughs!!!!! I'm sorry it was so frustrating for you. Maybe we can post our frustrations so you can laugh and get it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Y'all are cracking me up! I actually had to leave the house before I tore my hair out.... decided to run a few quick errands that I really needed to do so I left. They were supposed to be finishing up their work....at 4 in the afternoon...why they like to stretch their days as looooong as possible I'll never understand! She's received a number of chores since Monday for the whining and complaining that have added to her 'soooo busy' days of schoolwork and well...nothing else but music once a week....seriously! Also got a volunteer position at the library starting soon :) SHe loves to read and has fines that she can work off...plus she'll get some time away from home... Thought y'all might get a chuckle out of a post I did on facebook on Monday...after a fairly challenging day with her: Dear Mostly Carbon Copy Daughter of Mine ;) , I'm exhausted and would like to go to bed. Unfortunately you have a deadline today for a large project that you have gaffed me off about for weeks after being gently reminded multiple times would be due today. And for some strange reason (because I guess you think this works, though all the other attempts have failed before), All. Day. Long, you hav...e tried to conjole, argue, plead, whine, gripe and attempt to convince me that I should give you "One more day" to finish. Seriously! I gave you 21 days and you are now out of luck... So I get to be mean tonight and sit here while you finish this work entirely. Then you and I can go to sleep...only to wake at 5 am for Early Morning Seminary. Lucky me though, I get to come home and nap :) ! Unlucky you, you don't! Love, Your tired Homeschooling Mom who loves you and wants you to understand that deadlines are deadlines and time management is an important skill to learn :) That is all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisamarie Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I wish I could have left to run errands today when DD was doing her math. She was doing a review lesson of division that she has been doing off and on for the last 6 months. Suddenly she just doesn't get it. Even after I essentially told her how to do the problem (it's division, you have to divide). Even after I threw her the bag of base ten blocks so she could split them up into equal groups. Whine, whine, whine. OMG!!! Just do the darn problem already!!! Why must she insist on throwing these "I just don't get it!" days at least once a week. It makes me crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-2-7 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 This from my first grader: "Help cruel world! Mom has locked me in prison and is making me look at underwear!" Translation: I'm making her sit at the table until her language arts is finished. The table has clean laundry on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfarm Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 You just can't win. I took my 14yo dd to help me teach an anatomy class yesterday. I thought it went fairly well. Until I got home and saw her FaceBook. She posed a photo with the skeleton and had commented that she had met a new friend - a little thinner than she's used to and kind of transparent about things, but with this great Bone to Be Wild attitude. :glare: You can take them out to great enrichment activities, but you can't make them stop being 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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