2. Write a blog post inspired by the word: books
Kainoa came home with his first weekly packet of homework.
He excitedly interrupted my phone conversation to tell me his idea.
The packet of homework is five pages. If he completes a page of homework everyday after school then he will only have to do one page of homework a day.
“Do you think you can stick with that” I asked?
I am thrilled at how great the school year has started off for him and at how excited he has been about it, but I know my son and he is not the “homework” type.
“Oh yeah! It’s just ONE page a day mom!”
And then he skipped off to fire up his electronics.
I called out to him, “Hey buddy, Time to hit the books! You need to do your homework before you play games.”
It’s always been the rule because once I lose him to video games, it’s impossible to get him back on track.
“Nooooo!” he shouted, “I’ll do two pages tomorrow!”
It was literally just minutes before that he was explaining the one-page-a-day thing.
I was like, “When tomorrow comes you are not going to want to do two pages. Come on now, you were just saying how manageable a page a day would be! Now hop to it!”
“I’ll do a page tomorrow before school and then a page after school!”
“No, I don’t like that idea Kainoa. You are not going to want to do homework in the morning.”
“BUT I DON’T WANT TO DO HOMEWORK RIGHT NOW!”
“That’s fine SON. You do not need to do homework right now, but you can not play video games until the homework is done first.”
I don’t even think I finished the sentence before he slammed the door while screaming “YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!!!”
And I mumbled something to myself like “you’re the one who doesn’t understand. That’s why your teachers give you homework in the first place…”
I can tell this is going to be a really successful school year.
John Holton says
Homework is a big pain in the neck, for the kids, the teachers, and the parents. You knew the job was dangerous when yoiu took it…
Angie says
I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but I had a VERY similar conversation with my college Freshman today. I just keep reminding myself that boys really do grow up – it just takes about two decades!