Life of Dread (LOF) - nicknames for curricula

[luuknam]

I'm working my way through LOF Linear Algebra, and DW has decided to dub it "Life of Dread". 

 

Anyway, that was just a random funny. 

 

Do any of your curricula have nicknames?

[Miss Peregrine]

"Rotten Staff"

 

~My Kids

[Beth S]

"Chemo" = My dd's Apologia Chemistry text.  We actually went to a lecture by Dr. Wile, and she was able to share a chuckle with him over it. :-) 

[Alice]

My oldest hates writing. He called Writing With Ease “Writing Without Easeâ€. Which then became a family joke because we always called it that and then discovered years later that our youngest thought that it was “Writing Without E’s (the letter)â€. And we all agreed that would indeed be a challenge...no words with Es allowed. :) 

 

 

[mellifera33]

We’ve started to sing “He did the math—-he did the monster math†when we pull out Beast Academy. :)

[Petrichor]

My oldest hates writing. He called Writing With Ease “Writing Without Easeâ€. Which then became a family joke because we always called it that and then discovered years later that our youngest thought that it was “Writing Without E’s (the letter)â€. And we all agreed that would indeed be a challenge...no words with Es allowed. :)

 

Your youngest's confusion is hilarious. Does he know about the novel that someone(can't remember) wrote entirely with no E's?

[eternalsummer]

I would like to rename Classical Writing "Classical Whining" due to the amount of whining I get about it from DD12, who doesn't yet see the magic.

[shawthorne44]

We’ve started to sing “He did the math—-he did the monster math†when we pull out Beast Academy. :)

 

I am totally going to use this when 2B comes out.  Although, Mommy singing is a punishment in our household.  For example, if DD is slow to brush her teeth at night, I sing The ToothBrush Time song until she does. I wouldn't recognize the right note if it hit me.  

 

On the no 'e's topic.   Hemingway did some writing using only the letters on one half the keyboard because a cat had his other hand.  

[desertstrawberry5]

Not for us, but I have seen Handwriting Without Tears referred to as Handwriting WITH Tears often enough. 

[cintinative]

Lately I would rename Latin for Children to Latin for Curmudgeons

[Dmmetler]

AOPS Geometry became APOS here for awhile when DD was really annoyed with it (DH is a Point of Sale software engineer, and well, the other POS acronym sometimes gets used, especially when he’s working with those little credit card scanners that have to interface with the computer running the POS software...)

[Guest]

These are funny.

 

One of my kids thought the math program was “Matthew Sea.†I guess he thought the guy’s name was Matthew.

[Elizabeth86]

These are funny.

[Lang Syne Boardie]

My youngest son saw me write "BFSU" in my planner, and started calling it "Beefus U."

 

(Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding by Nebel)

[Hen]

The year we did Classical Conversations and I was a tutor there, my husband always called it "Carnival conversations" - which was funny, he thought it was a bit of a busy circus.

 

I once heard Math-U-see called "Mickey mouse math" as a put-down and mentioned this to my oldest when I wanted to switch to a more rigorous math for Algebra.  We switched, she hated it, and begged to go back to, quote "the Mickey mouse math" .   which we did. 

[mom2scouts]

Math-U-See was changed to Math-U-Feel by my older kids who thought it was hilarious to point out math errors made by their younger brother by bopping him on the head or punching him in the arm. They claim they were just showing brotherly love, but younger son already disliked math and I'm not sure this helped. Of course, now that he's older, he thinks it's pretty funny. 

[Monica_in_Switzerland]

No curriculums, but I correct work with an RPOD:  red pen of death.  

 

 

[Aras]

We’ve started to sing “He did the math—-he did the monster math†when we pull out Beast Academy. :)

 

... it was a homeschool smash!

[Laura in CA]

These are funny.

 

One of my kids thought the math program was “Matthew Sea.†I guess he thought the guy’s name was Matthew.

 

 

There was an Asian-American boy in our hs circle whose name was indeed Matthew See -- a source of great merriment! (to us, at least lol)

Edited January 9, 2018 by Laura in CA

[tuesdayschild]

My ds renamed Writing With Skill, Writing That Kills.

Edited January 8, 2018 by Tuesdays Child

[scoutingmom]

Your youngest's confusion is hilarious. Does he know about the novel that someone(can't remember) wrote entirely with no E's?

I may be wrong..... but my mind says that was e. e. Cummings that did that...

[nansk]

My ds renamed Writing With Skill, Writing That Kills.

I once called it Whining With Skill, because it seems to have improved my dd's ability to whine. :)

[tuesdayschild]

I once called it Whining With Skill, because it seems to have improved my dd's ability to whine. :)

The amazing thing is that WWS is now,  years later,  the one writing tool he touts as being of worth.  :laugh:

Edited January 15, 2018 by Tuesdays Child

[eternalsummer]

The amazing thing is that WWS is, now,  the one writing tool he touts of being of worth.  :laugh:

 

Mine loathed Writing With Skill and made big Complaints about it, so I went on a curriculum hunt and eventually found Classical Writing, which I love and will never abandon, regardless of Complaints.

 

Lo and behold, she now thinks Writing With Skill was the best writing program ever and if we could just go back to it she wouldn't whine at all she promises!

 

Haha, nope.  I have changed math curricula a zillion times, I'm willing for her to do whatever she wants with science and history - but I am committed to Classical Writing.  I think she wishes she'd never complained!  Life lesson.

[helena]

Not curriculum, but my kids called Kumon classes Poo-mon.

[Melissa in Australia]

my older 4 children did Rod and Staff grammar. They all called it Rotten Stuff

[Beth S]

Your youngest's confusion is hilarious. Does he know about the novel that someone(can't remember) wrote entirely with no E's?

 

I found a "Poem without An E"

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2012/01/09/poem-without-an-e/

 

“Poem Without an Eâ€

John Knox was a man of wondrous might,

And his words ran high and shrill,

For bold and stout was his spirit bright,

And strong was his stalwart will.

Kings sought in vain his mind to chain,

And that giant brain to control,

But naught on plain or stormy main

Could daunt that mighty soul.

John would sit and sigh till morning cold

Its shining lamps put out,

For thoughts untold on his mind lay hold,

And brought but pain and doubt.

But light at last on his soul was cast,

Away sank pain and sorrow,

His soul is gay, in a fair to-day,

And looks for a bright to-morrow.

— “Unidentified,†in Current Opinion, July 1888

[Alice]

Awesome! I’ll have to show that to my kids.

 

At the time my daughter (the one who thought it was Writing Without E’s) was learning to read and doing phonics. So her world was all about letters and sounds and it kind of made sense for her to hear it that way. But still funny.

[Petrichor]

 

I found a "Poem without An E"

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2012/01/09/poem-without-an-e/

 

“Poem Without an Eâ€

John Knox was a man of wondrous might,

And his words ran high and shrill,

For bold and stout was his spirit bright,

And strong was his stalwart will.

Kings sought in vain his mind to chain,

And that giant brain to control,

But naught on plain or stormy main

Could daunt that mighty soul.

John would sit and sigh till morning cold

Its shining lamps put out,

For thoughts untold on his mind lay hold,

And brought but pain and doubt.

But light at last on his soul was cast,

Away sank pain and sorrow,

His soul is gay, in a fair to-day,

And looks for a bright to-morrow.

— “Unidentified,†in Current Opinion, July 1888

 

 

The one I was thinking about was "Gadsby" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)

[Melissa B]

My kids call Hake Grammar - Hate Grammar. However, I like it and it works. So we use it anyway.  :)

[BarbecueMom]

The one I was thinking about was "Gadsby" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)

 

It is embarrassing how many times I confused this book with The Great Gatsby when I was younger.