Put in my place by my 7 year-old!

[BradNaylor]

Dan jr has just turned seven.

I was helping him with some spelling homework last night and he got a bit stuck on 'didn't'. Well you would at seven, wouldn't you?

I explained how it was a shortened version of 'did not' and how the 'o' was replaced by a little dash.

'Oh', he replied scathingly, 'You mean an apostrophe?'

(homer)

It's nice to know that some schools at least are doing their job properly!

 

[frugal]

Sounds a bit like my three year old "You are supposed to drive with both hands on the steering wheel daddy!".

 

[devonwoody]

Sounds a bit like my three year old "You are supposed to drive with both hands on the steering wheel daddy!".

What was you doing with other hand then?

 

[Woodmagnet]

:shock: :? :lol:

 

[frugal]

Sounds a bit like my three year old "You are supposed to drive with both hands on the steering wheel daddy!".

What was you doing with other hand then?

I have a terrible habit of driving with one hand on the streering wheel and the other on the arm rest in between the two front seats.

 

[Rich]

My 13 year old lad said to his mum, "can I have a £1 for being good"?
my wife replied, "why don't you be like dad and be good for nothing"

Rich.

 

[RogerM]

Dan jr has just turned seven.

I was helping him with some spelling homework last night and he got a bit stuck on 'didn't'. Well you would at seven, wouldn't you?

I explained how it was a shortened version of 'did not' and how the 'o' was replaced by a little dash.

'Oh', he replied scathingly, 'You mean an apostrophe?'

(homer)

It's nice to know that some schools at least are doing their job properly!

Brilliant! :lol: It reminds me of a game we used to play with our daughter. You would pick up a card which would have a simple question printed on it, then you would spin a pointer on a dial of the alphabet and the answer had to begin with the letter it pointed to. She was about 6 and the very first time we played her first question was "It comes out in the summer" beginning with "V". Quick as a flash she replied "Vienetta" ( a popular type of dessert icecream at the time). Next question was "name a famous ship" beginning with "O". A tiny pause and then she replied "an Optimist" (this is a type of sailing dinghy used to teach sailing in the local primary school). I wish my brain was that versatile and able to think so far outside the box. Didn't do her any harm because she's now a fund manager in the City!

 

[devonwoody]

That daughter of yours doesn't seem to stop the stockmarket from crashing every other week tho..

OK only teasing

 

[Digit]

'Oh', he replied scathingly, 'You mean an apostrophe?'

Frankly, I'm amazed. Most young posters on various networks wouldn't know what to do with an apostrophe if you gave them a box full of them.
Neither, I suspect, would many of their teachers.

Roy.

 

[RogerM]

That daughter of yours doesn't seem to stop the stockmarket from crashing every other week tho..

OK only teasing

I hold her personally responsible DW and I think it very bad form that she doesn't tell her Dad she's about to do it! :evil: