JadeOrchidSong Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 One of ds's writing assignments is to find info about famous men in history. Do you have recommendations where to find it? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Really? Famous "lazy" men? Is that a sneaky way to get him to report on the inventor of some Labour-saving device? Or is the lazy part your son's idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missouri Okie Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I remember reading that John Adams thought Benjamin Franklin was lazy when they were both assigned as ambassadors to Paris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 That is an assignment in Lesson 4 in W&R Book 4 about the proverb, "As a door turns on its hinges, a sluggard turns in his bed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Really? Famous "lazy" men? Is that a sneaky way to get him to report on the inventor of some Labour-saving device? Or is the lazy part your son's idea? When I googled famous lazy men, the inventors' names showed up. No kidding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I wonder if he could work in Rube Goldberg, now THERE is somebody working hard to be lazy (if that is how we are defining creative and inventive today). ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I don't know, but if you don't mind bad language, it's fun to watch these Onion pundits and educators bemoan the lack of lazy role models in modern education: http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-are-tests-biased-against-students-who,17966/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Does it have to be a real person? Tom Sawyer and the fence painting scene is a good one on this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Diogenes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 A lot of hereditary rulers were more interested in their own pleasures than.working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Thanks for the ideas. I like the example of Tom Sawyer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor_dad Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 James Watson. The fact that he and Crick are credited with the structure of DNA is a result of him being both brilliant and in some sense lazy, or perhaps a grifter. Rosalind Franklin was just as brilliant, but careful patient and precise. She would have gotten there within a year. Watson wanted to make the big discovery. He was eager to skip the drudgery and make the intuitive leaps. He took other peoples work and jumped to the conclusion and won the prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuovonne Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 That is an assignment in Lesson 4 in W&R Book 4 about the proverb, "As a door turns on its hinges, a sluggard turns in his bed." Hey, we just did that lesson. The teacher's manual has an extensive list of suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 I didn't buy the TM. Maybe I should have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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