The 4th day of school marked the beginning of homework for Léah, aged 7. Yesterday we had to start this daily chore, as much a chore for her than for me. The start was harder than I expected. Well, the teacher must think it's fun as she calls it games. Yes, Léah has 3 math games to do as homework. Obviously she did not think that was much of a game, nor did I. The game consists of a timed test of additions and substractions. Which Léah hates. So we had a go at the first of the 3 "games". I got my cooking timer ready, she got her pencil ready and go! She performed the 20 questions in 5 minutes when she ought to do them in less than 2 minutes... During our (oh so nice) holiday in France, I brought my laptop with the firm intention to pratice these mental calculations on Kalcul. But well, I never got to ask Léah to do homework...
"Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone!" ...
Being a parent means you have to stay up-to-date. You have to know that Funeral For A Friend is not a film title but a band name for example. That Fifty Cent is a rapper name. And when Léah says after dinner: "thanks, mummy, that was really good, I was in the red", you must know what she refers to!
Hey, if you're a parent, do you know the answer?
2 comments:
Hehe! I'm either still young, or old and hip. Funeral For a Friend are awesome, 50 Cent is all over the TV, and aren't we all familiar with being in the red?
Sorry about the difficulties to post comments. I suppose it's anti-spam bareers that makes it difficult.
I was told that "being in the red" is probably not a good translation (my daughter said it in French ;-). She referred to The Sims2 where people have color indicators about their needs and when the hunger indicator is red, well, you'd better feed the person!
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