T'smom Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I would just like to tell you that my 3rd grader is pretending his pencil is red hot and screams every time he touches it. He has also thrown himself on the floor and claimed he would rather be bitten by a great white shark than do grammar. This is a child who can read Harry Potter but when he is asked to write a single sentence, claims he can't spell "they". I promise you all- you are doing better than I am! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I don't know...I spent approximately 40 minutes trying to figure out how to make an origami frog for a fun Leap Day activity, and the final product wasn't even that good! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I'll make YOU feel better... Mine refused to follow his morning routine, so didn't take his meds, which only tone down his behaviors. Then told me to F off when the evaluator got here and he was asked to work (SIMPLE math page). He chewed 3 pencils, threw 2 books, and almost knocked over my coffee (as soon as I knew he was going to toss something, I protected the coffee because it was on the table with three computers). He mooned the evaluator. While we were trying to talk, he was repeating "MOOOOOOM MOM MOM WHY DO YOU F'ING IGNORE ME MOM MOM MOM MOOOOOOOOOOOOOM F YOU I AM NOT DOING ANY WORK." Oh, they... t-h-a-y. That's after 3 solid weeks of spelling is orally, written, and signing. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 My 8 yo did all her work and then whined for 10 minutes when her sister asked for scratch paper..."What is that, I don't understand, no one taught me what that was, I can't find any...." 😡 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm919 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) I would just like to tell you that my 3rd grader is pretending his pencil is red hot and screams every time he touches it. He has also thrown himself on the floor and claimed he would rather be bitten by a great white shark than do grammar. This is a child who can read Harry Potter but when he is asked to write a single sentence, claims he can't spell "they". I promise you all- you are doing better than I am! Oh wow, I am so glad my daughter isn't here to read this, because she would think it was GENIUS and our house would be suddenly filled with red-hot pencils. The pens would probably be icy cold, and give you frostbite. Edited February 29, 2016 by tm919 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'smom Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 So glad I am not alone!!!! I laughed out loud reading these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Red hot pencils, icy cold pens, and here we have a howling puppy dog (DD) and a 12 yr old reverting back to grade school, sticking out his tongue when asked to do an assignment. It's one of those days. It is gorgeous out. I might call it a day and head to the park. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I would just like to tell you that my 3rd grader is pretending his pencil is red hot and screams every time he touches it. He has also thrown himself on the floor and claimed he would rather be bitten by a great white shark than do grammar. This is a child who can read Harry Potter but when he is asked to write a single sentence, claims he can't spell "they". I promise you all- you are doing better than I am! Oh, my goodness, my third child has a clone!!!!!!!!!! That would have completely happened in my house in third grade. (If it helps, he's in fifth now and the drama has toned down considerably.) I started telling him that if there was any drama, the work had to be done in his room. He wanted an audience. I wish I could tell you that it stopped immediately, but it took a while (although there was a big drop when I stopped being an audience). In third grade my first would often be under the table sobbing about one sentence. If it helps--he's 15 and writes well enough that he was accepted into AP English Lang. for next year. I really wish I had a funny story for you --but I think I've had selective amnesia from the stress. LOL (Typing helped a lot. So did IEW.) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplejackmama Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I just texted my husband that I really should get time and a half pay when I school during my period. Oh, and the EXTRA day is a Monday!! Are you kidding me!?!! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 There is a petition to make Feb 29 a national holiday. My kid has an online assignment due today that his teacher thought was due yesterday so parents were nagged via email :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 We are fighting slight colds that meld into death beds on the idea of schoolwork. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I swear to you my nearly 15 year old hides in the bathroom to get out of school work. He's in there now. LOL 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbeanmama Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I swear to you my nearly 15 year old hides in the bathroom to get out of school work. He's in there now. LOL Sometimes I hide in the bathroom for a few minutes of privacy. It doesn't often work, as one child or another bursts in. "Oh, there you are. Why are you reading a book? I thought you were just going potty." Yeah, as though barging in during that is any better... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Mousie Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I swear to you my nearly 15 year old hides in the bathroom to get out of school work. He's in there now. LOL In my house, we joke that DS does some of his best math in the bathroom. :p 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'smom Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Oh, my goodness, my third child has a clone!!!!!!!!!! That would have completely happened in my house in third grade. (If it helps, he's in fifth now and the drama has toned down considerably.) I started telling him that if there was any drama, the work had to be done in his room. He wanted an audience. I wish I could tell you that it stopped immediately, but it took a while (although there was a big drop when I stopped being an audience). In third grade my first would often be under the table sobbing about one sentence. If it helps--he's 15 and writes well enough that he was accepted into AP English Lang. for next year. I really wish I had a funny story for you --but I think I've had selective amnesia from the stress. LOL (Typing helped a lot. So did IEW.) I really hope the drama cools down by 5th grade. I'm really glad there are other 3rd graders that cry over one sentence. It is NOT beyond his ability. Sometimes when he has the choice between writing two things, he will count the letters and choose the shortest one. I've tried not giving him an audience, but if he's in his room, he just plays. If I leave, he plays. I usually sit there and play on my phone while ignoring him until he gets it done. Anyway, I'm glad there is hope! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristie in Florida Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I swear to you my nearly 15 year old hides in the bathroom to get out of school work. He's in there now. LOL I swear, my daughter only needs to go to the bathroom after you tell her to get started on something. "Did you atleast bring your math in there?" "Nooooooo, whhhhyyyyyy?" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinaPagnato Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I swear to you my nearly 15 year old hides in the bathroom to get out of school work. He's in there now. LOL Every. Freakin'. Day. :cursing: :willy_nilly: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I really hope the drama cools down by 5th grade. I'm really glad there are other 3rd graders that cry over one sentence. It is NOT beyond his ability. Sometimes when he has the choice between writing two things, he will count the letters and choose the shortest one. I've tried not giving him an audience, but if he's in his room, he just plays. If I leave, he plays. I usually sit there and play on my phone while ignoring him until he gets it done. Anyway, I'm glad there is hope!There is. After I posted I remembered that the oldest (the under the table crier) told me last week that writing was his favorite "subject". It was a jaw dropping moment. It will get better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Every. Freakin'. Day. :cursing: :willy_nilly: I've got a 15 yo like this, too. sigh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I once made one bathroom-retreating child look up hemorrhoids on Mayo's online website. Just sayin'. (I started a Therapy Fund jar that day, too. It had that child's name on it.) I've been here long enough that some of those "shining moments" are in the Way Back archives. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBadd Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Thank you for this thread. It is making me laugh out loud and restoring my sanity :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Ah, the good old days. DS12 is an angel now, but I swear that the first year of homeschooling, his answer to every question was "1924." :ack2: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I was tempted to blare "Manic Monday" using YouTube from my laptop this morning. Then decided my upstairs and downstairs neighbors may not like the same kind of stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) DD16 just told me she cannot remember what a paragraph is. :banghead: this was right in the middle of doing an online biology test that required the answer in paragraph form. Edited March 1, 2016 by Melissa in Australia 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Lol! Had to chuckle at some posts. Kids are creative, but I have no tolerance for some stuff. If one of mine pretends the hot pencil thing I'd made it clear that when it's time for me to take them somewhere (playdate, activity etc), I will pretend my car keys are hot and burn my hands...sorry, we don't get to go and stay home doing school instead. I can also ask for that white shark to eat me, instead of wanting to take them anywhere. Just sayin' :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Mine pretends to be a wolf. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I would just like to tell you that my 3rd grader is pretending his pencil is red hot and screams every time he touches it. He has also thrown himself on the floor and claimed he would rather be bitten by a great white shark than do grammar. This is a child who can read Harry Potter but when he is asked to write a single sentence, claims he can't spell "they". I promise you all- you are doing better than I am! comical probably not for you, but ...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 When my oldest was in 3rd grade at public school I got called into a parent teacher conference because my dd was pretending to be a cat during circle time.....that was apparently frowned upon. Yikes. At any given moment, I have creative entities in my house. Not the five children with the nice normal names that I gave them. But various animals, real or imaginary, Batman, rock stars, fairies, knights, you name it, and it's probably done school at my house at one point or another. It's rare that all five children are dressed in normal street clothes either; they prefer costumes. And as for the lovely schoolroom I painted in nice traditional colors, well, sometimes it's located in Middle Earth, sometimes on Cybertron, but definitely not on Planet Earth. It's really a shame we don't have more imagination at our house. :P This thread is hilarious! Red hot pencils, hahaha! We all have spring fever here. It's nice out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I swear to you my nearly 15 year old hides in the bathroom to get out of school work. He's in there now. LOL My 17 year old has been living in the bathroom since he was 15. When I have had enough I ask him if I need to take him to the doctor because there must be something wrong if he is having such difficulty going to the bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 You guys are reminding me why I sent my oldest off to school in 6th grade. I can laugh now, but I remember wanting to cry, scream, and drink heavily all before 9 am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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