Sarah CB Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 your 13 year old asks if "nirvana" is spelled the same as the state. The state of nirvana...hmmm. Time for some American studies perhaps? I said to her, "Do you mean NEVADA?" Poor thing was pretty embarressed. I think this is probably the funniest homeschool faux-pas so far. Almost as good as my nealry 9 year old not being able to tell his Italian teacher what month he was born in (and yet the three year old knows his exact birthday). Can someone console me with a similar story? Or do I get the worst homeschooler award for having a 13 year old who thinks there's a State of Nirvana? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 That is too funny! Poor girl. My 8 year olds in my co-op art class kept saying the "Sixteen Chapel". They are a little young, so maybe it's just funny and not a real failure yet.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesa Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 My 7 year old ds knew this one but for some reason he was having a really tough time with it ROFL... In front of my hubby's anti homeschooling family, my son couldn't come up with the answer to this question.. "What do 3 quarters equal?" he was stumped. When my dh told me that I felt so ashamed Noah couldn't answer that question. He knew it it he saw the actual problem on paper... but not in real life. It was odd, and totally embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 We moved just over 3 years ago. It was a horrid drawn seven month, eight hundred mile move. We seemed to be in moving mode forever. So the next year when we were studying the states we got to one state and ds proclaimed it the state of U-haul. It was real slip-up, he wasn't trying to be funny, for a change. Obviously it was supposed to be Utah, but we had been in "the state of U-haul" for so long it was hilarious. We still laugh about it. Recently he thought gonna was proper grammar. :glare: I guess I speak more casually than I teach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hahahah! Oh my...I had to laugh out loud at that one. Not really AT your 13 year old, but just at the "State of Nirvana." Hehe...I can see the confusion. I spent much of my teenage years in a state of nirvana. LOL My 5 year old calls his fingers "thingers" because I was always telling him not to say "fuh" in words like bath and math. Now he has turned all "fuh" sounds into "th" sounds. :( Tell your 13 year old not to feel bad. My ex HUSBAND who was 25 at the time he said this told me that he was moving to the state of New England on his next move. I asked him "where in New England?" and he said "I don't know which city yet." OMG. It was at that moment I realized that "New England States" had been lost upon the poor soul and he honestly thought New England was a state. 25...TWENTY-FIVE. A college graduate with a Masters in Business admin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 A friend asked my 8 yr old what time it was, and she had no idea. It was as if she had never seen a clock before *sigh*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 A friend asked my 8 yr old what time it was, and she had no idea. It was as if she had never seen a clock before *sigh*. My kid can't tell time unless the clock is digital. We are working on it though. I had to buy a clock with a face first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ds only recently had the epiphany that when a minute went by the numbers changed on the clock. Oh the excitement of realizing that clocks tell time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Well, my dc's do not know how to spell and I have my masters in English education. My dd is dyslexic so I totally understand her but my ds has great difficulty with spelling. He is in college now and is great with spellcheck but I remember when they were younger a friend who doesn't homeschool asked if they were going to compete in the spelling bee because she just thought all homeschoolers were good at spelling. I burst out laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria/ME Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 ...when you ask your dd10 what she wants to see when you go to NYC...and she says: "Oh, Central Park for sure!! And then the Eiffel Tower!!" ER......right..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 My 7 year old ds knew this one but for some reason he was having a really tough time with it ROFL... In front of my hubby's anti homeschooling family, my son couldn't come up with the answer to this question.. "What do 3 quarters equal?" he was stumped. When my dh told me that I felt so ashamed Noah couldn't answer that question. He knew it it he saw the actual problem on paper... but not in real life. It was odd, and totally embarrassing. I wouldn't have felt bad. It wasn't a clear question. Three quarters equals 3/4. What's the question in that? Or perhaps they were looking for 6/8ths? 9/12ths? Maybe he could have answered with a question: "Three quarters of what?" Or perhaps they were asking about the money kind of quarters? Anti-homeschooling people really should learn to ask answerable questions with a clearly defined answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 My 14 year old went to get her driver's permit and didn't know how to spell her middle name. Even worse, dh was with her and he didn't know either. Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Let me know if your daughter uses the words "pearl" and "jam" in the same sentence in the near future. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Let me know if your daughter uses the words "pearl" and "jam" in the same sentence in the near future. :D :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 My 14 year old went to get her driver's permit and didn't know how to spell her middle name. Even worse, dh was with her and he didn't know either. Oops. Now this makes me feel better. :D I think it almost reaches state of nirvana status. Too funny that your dh didn't know either! Our middle names are pretty easy to spell but dh has a hard time remembering birthdays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 ...when you ask your dd10 what she wants to see when you go to NYC...and she says: "Oh, Central Park for sure!! And then the Eiffel Tower!!" ER......right..... :lol: That's a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 That is too funny! Poor girl. My 8 year olds in my co-op art class kept saying the "Sixteen Chapel". They are a little young, so maybe it's just funny and not a real failure yet.:D I think you can still classify that one as cute and funny. I just remembered that it took my ds until he was 8 to be able to tie his shoes...that's another notch on my "homeschool failure" belt. But it was amazing how fast he learned when he was offered money for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 We were watching a program on Greece last night and dd, age 6, made a comment that began with, "If we were on the same planet as Greece..." Guess I should pull back from the detailed maps once in a while and show the poor kid the globe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) I wouldn't have felt bad. It wasn't a clear question. Three quarters equals 3/4. What's the question in that? Or perhaps they were looking for 6/8ths? 9/12ths? Maybe he could have answered with a question: "Three quarters of what?" Or perhaps they were asking about the money kind of quarters? Anti-homeschooling people really should learn to ask answerable questions with a clearly defined answer. That was my first thought too... 3 quarters = 3/4 or were they looking for .75 or 75 cents, 3 of 4? :confused: poor kid. Edited February 7, 2009 by Jumping In Puddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 My homeschooled daughter IS a good speller, but at her first regional spelling bee, she did not know the name of our homeschool group. All the other children knew what to say when it was their turn introduce themselves by stating their name and school. All she said was, "My name is _______, and I homeschool." Well, uh, that was obvious. At another bee she had to go to the bathroom right before it started. She could not find her way back to the stage. They had to start late because of her. Later she said, "That school is big! How do the public school students EVER find their way around?" She ended up going to the National Bee twice. GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMere Academy Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Oh, I can top this one. My 11 yr old (at the time) daughter was talking to her friend. The friend said "I have all these Kansas quarters." and my daughter said "Can you use those in the United States?" Yes. Really. I almost had an accident...I was driving them to ballet at the time. We've never let her forget this one. Another one (same daughter) is when I told her to find China. I think she was 10. She went over to the US map and was looking at Canada. Her brother still says "Well at least I know China isn't above the United States!" whenever they get into one of thsoe "who's smarter" arguments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) Last week my dd, age 10, and I were going over some map skills. Every time I pointed to the equator, she could not remember the name. We went over it several times as a review. The next day we went through map skills again and when I pointed to the equator she shouted out, "I know this one. It's the equation!" LOL! Edited February 7, 2009 by Ferdie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Well, don't feel too bad. I was a public schooled kid all the way, and in a 9th grade biology class, I narrowly missed getting 100% on a (multiple choice!!!) test because I decided that we humans had to remember to breathe. It took me awhile to figure out why I didn't get the 100% either, when we got the papers back :rolleyes: All teenagers have their moments :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingmommy Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 My daughter's best friend (11 and homeschooled) announced last week in a conversation that monkeys DON'T have teeth. And was amazed when it was proved that monkeys do, in fact, have teeth. Fortunately, this child has an extraordinary ability to laugh at herself. Jeannie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 My 7 year old ds knew this one but for some reason he was having a really tough time with it ROFL... In front of my hubby's anti homeschooling family, my son couldn't come up with the answer to this question.. "What do 3 quarters equal?" he was stumped. When my dh told me that I felt so ashamed Noah couldn't answer that question. He knew it it he saw the actual problem on paper... but not in real life. It was odd, and totally embarrassing. Don't feel too badly--I had a 12-year-old student in Christian school last year who couldn't tell me how many quarters were in a dollar! I was trying to show him that he didn't need a calculator to divide 100 by 25, but evidently he did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Almost as good as my nealry 9 year old not being able to tell his Italian teacher what month he was born in (and yet the three year old knows his exact birthday). Can someone console me with a similar story? Or do I get the worst homeschooler award for having a 13 year old who thinks there's a State of Nirvana? my son broke his arm and my husband took him to the hospital. my son couldn't remember his date of birth, neither could my husband. the nurse had to ring me to find out .:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I told my 6yo the other day that Norway is in Europe. She instantly piped up with, "Oh, I know, that's one of the seven commandments..." Yep, of course she meant 'continents'. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I bought 2 rotisserie chickens for dinner one night. On the way home from the store, I was talking about having 4 legs. She piped up, "but we only bought 2 chickens." "Yes, and each chicken has 2 legs..." oh, and I'm the one who can't spell. My kids do fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 your 13 year old asks if "nirvana" is spelled the same as the state. The state of nirvana...hmmm. Time for some American studies perhaps? I said to her, "Do you mean NEVADA?" That is hilarious, and I can SO see something like that happening at my house! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Believe me this happens to everyone. :001_smile: Cute story, but don't sweat it. Just go over some of the basics again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Well, she could have been right. The State of Nirvana being the state of absolute bliss according to buddhists. You can take that slant and run with it. I think it's cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camibami Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Too funny! We had a pattern in math this fall that used letters- like AB, ZY, CD, etc. DD was really stumped, so I told her write out the alphabet and then look at it to figure it out. My 7 year old did not know the alphabet- like, the order of letters!! She can *read*, but apparently never learned the abc song or forgot it, because she didn't know past a,b,c,d. Not one of my prouder moments, LOL. The good news is, it took about a minute to learn the song, but...geesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 These stories are so very cute and funny.:lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Oh, I can top this one. My 11 yr old (at the time) daughter was talking to her friend. The friend said "I have all these Kansas quarters." and my daughter said "Can you use those in the United States?" Yes. Really. I almost had an accident...I was driving them to ballet at the time. We've never let her forget this one. Another one (same daughter) is when I told her to find China. I think she was 10. She went over to the US map and was looking at Canada. Her brother still says "Well at least I know China isn't above the United States!" whenever they get into one of thsoe "who's smarter" arguments. :lol::lol::lol: This reminded me of my first year homeschooling...and I was showing my children a globe. I wanted to aquaint them with the continents, hemispheres and oceans... Well...my 4th grade dd chiles in..."Where is Elvedal??" (a small creek that they used to play in. I slammed my planbook shut...put the globe away...sent them outside to play and cried. Whever we look at a map now...especially when traveling, our joke is always "Where's Elvedal???" They did eventually learn geography...oh, but I was so discouraged... Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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