My ten-year-old client addressing me sternly, after her older brother opens the door after a perfunctory knock:
"I frown upon someone knocking on the door and opening the door during my relaxation."
Now imagine that line voiced by Violet Parr from "The Incredibles," and you'll understand why I struggled to hide my sudden laughter!
I'll bet $100 that the 10 year old is a "reader". That is the vocabulary and sentence structure of a child that reads books for enjoyment.
ReplyDeleteYou would be right. She also started talking when she was eight months old...she's scary-smart!
ReplyDeleteMine was 16 months old when we were visiting my sister the teacher. I drew little pictures of shapes for him to identify. Eventually we got to a shape I drew and he correctly identified it by saying "trapezoid".
ReplyDeleteIn contrast I have a niece that will struggle significantly when she enters school. I could easily teach her the same things. Her parent wants only a living playtoy to play with, not a child to raise.
Me and my lovely wife's approach to raising a child was to raise them as the adult that we want them to be.
I think I would like that sentence posted on every door I am behind.
ReplyDeleteNorth, In my childhood peg-board the Trapezoid peg was by FAR my favorite!
ReplyDeleteTho I got pissed in early geometry when I learned that no all trapezoids were symmetrical like my peg!
A Trapezoid with a right angle is an UGLY-Ass shape!
There is beauty in symmetry.
ReplyDelete- Otto Renner