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For the record, Oscar has one of the world’s most amazing first grade teachers. So amazing, in fact, that I should be writing a blog post about her thanking her for our son’s first grade experience that would be difficult to match and impossible to improve upon.
That said, the typical homework assignments apparently have taken their toll on our boy. Oscar is never one to complain much about homework. Today, however, was the exception. Every week he has “Word Wall Words” to learn from a spelling, definition and writing stand-point. The writing homework has two parts, writing twice and defining for us each word and writing 5 Excellent Sentences. Oscar usually likes the writing piece the most for obvious reasons.
It should be noted that when Oscar is the most upset he hides under his bed cursing the person or the situation that has caused him so much pain. It seems to work for him. Oh. No snow, but he did have a playdate with Max.
Here is what our frustrated boy wrote today:
A: Mom, what do you think I will be when I grow up because I don’t really know.
M: Well, what do you like to do?
A: Eat snacks.
M: Maybe you will become a Chef.
A: What is that?
M: Someone who is a really, really good cook and works in restaurants …
A: No. I wouldn’t want that because then I wouldn’t get anything to eat.
M: What do you mean?
A: Well they have to give the people all the food and then they don’t get any for them.
M: What are other things you like to do?
A: I think I would like to go up into space.
M: Maybe you could become a Mechanical Engineer and go up in the space shuttle and be responsible for the ship and keeping it running right.
A: Yeah. Well we are in space right now.
M: True. So do you want to go into outer space or stay here on earth?
A: I want to go far up into space. I could be an astronaut. I think I would like to float around. We don’t do that here on Earth.
M: No we don’t. Do you remember why we don’t float around on Earth?
A: Gravity. That is why we don’t float around and there is no gravity in space, well space that is not Earth. We need gravity to breathe.
M: Well … not really, but that is an interesting thought.
A: Hey look! (holding up Matzo) This looks like a war ship with holes in it! It would sink if it was a war ship and it had that many holes in it.
M: Yes it does look like a war ship. Good eating.
A: It sure is a nice day outside today. There is a jet plane! Look! I wish I could go on a jet plane.
M: You have been on a jet plane before. Many times.
A: Not one like that.
M: Yes, I bet you have. You were on one for trips to Maui and Seattle and North Carolina …
A: Well not one that small.
M: Yes. I bet that we were a smaller jet for a short trip to Detroit or a layover in Minneapolis.
A: Not one that small. Look at it!
M: Ohhhh …. well I think it looks that small because it is so high in the sky and it looks small to us but it is really quite big.
A: How many bugs to you think there are on Earth?
