Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.
- Mickey Mouse
Seriously, the reading and writing thing is absolutely boring as far as my little man is concerned. But give him math homework…lots of math homework with word problems that make the student stress over how many apples Susie has when a train is traveling east at 70 mph with 56 passengers on board and algebraic thinking (first-freakin’ grade!) and he is all over it.
This is one of those many nature versus nurture moments here under the Big Top. Frankly, I am excited and curious as it continues to play out. And then again I have to consider the fact that my ex 24 weeker boy is loving math and is the math whiz of his classes (special ed and mainstream) and well, I have to do the happy Snoopy dance.
Now if we could only get this it-is-okay-to-poop-in-the-potty-all-the-time thing down. Then we will be absolutely golden.
2 responses so far ↓
Astaryth // December 5, 2008 at 7:03 am |
I’m with the little man… Math Rocks!! See, in other subjects, like history or english, sometimes the answers can vary. In Math if you do it right you get the right answer.. no gray areas! Well…. at least until you get into that theoretical stuff, but I think he has a few years before he has to worry about that LOL!
Anthony // December 5, 2008 at 9:12 am |
Check out a song called “The Poopsmith Song” by Over the Rhine. I found it on Rhapsody, so it should be on iTunes or similar services.
It’s a musical reminder of an important life duty (pun).
If you can’t find it, let me know and I can probably e-mail it to you.