I had a whole different post planned for today until my youngest twin brought me her writing assignment yesterday for me to look over. I had asked them to write about their perfect home school day.
T12 had written five sentences about how he would like to get all his school work done in the morning and have afternoons free. He’s nothing if not brief and hopeful!
L11 had written out a whole schedule starting from 7am in the morning and finishing at their bedtime of 8pm. It was incredibly detailed and if it were up to her I’d have three Einsteins on my hands, because with that much work achieved in a day one couldn’t help but be clever!
C11, as she so often does, took my assignment and turned it on its head. What a joy it is to read her writing! At first she handed me a sheet with one sentence on it. It read ‘Mummy. I can’t write a paragraph about the perfect home school day. I already have the perfect home school day every day.’ I grinned and gave her a big hug. However, knowing her as I do, and knowing that to limit herself to writing just two sentences about anything was an impossibility, I turned over the sheet. As expected she had written a lot more, only she had crossed it out. Sheepishly, she said to me that it didn’t flow and she wasn’t able to say exactly how she felt. I read it. I want to record it here. Not because my daughter has set me up as a paragon of a home school mummy (I know the truth), but because I want to record it for posterity. It will be little things like this I shall so enjoy re-reading in my dotage. So here it is. Ignore the patient part. I’m not. At all.
My Perfect Home School Day
Hello, I’m C and I want to tell you how you can have a perfect home school day:
- Firstly, you would have to have my mum as a teacher. She has lots of patience.
- Secondly, you must always have a cheerful attitude. It makes your teacher feel she is doing a good job.
- Thirdly, always persevere. Remember, whether you are good at a subject, or not, always persevere. As the saying goes, ‘Perseverance makes perfect’
- Finally, always, always ask for help and you will find you will achieve (if you don’t ask for help and start blubbering you’ll only fail)
I hope I have encouraged you in having the perfect home school day.
Priceless! Thank you so much C, I love your writing and I so enjoy your quirky personality which shines through everything you do. I love you so much sweetie pie.