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Their mom drops them off with her in the morning, and then she brings them to school. (Well, she brings the younger one, who is in pre-k. Lately the fifth grader has been going by himself.)
And she picks them up from school in the afternoon, feeds them dinner, and I grab them and bring them to mom again.
Anyway, the pre-k kids have one homework assignment every week, and even I think this one is developmentally appropriate: They have to go through a magazine (magazines are provided for those who don't have) and cut out an image that contains the "shape of the week". Then they have to bring in an object that is the same as the 3D shape or color of the week. To my knowledge, the two shapes don't have anything to do with each other - if the picture is supposed to be a circle, the object might be a cube. They do this over the weekend, and then on Monday they all talk about it.
So V was there the other day waiting to drop the kids off at the pre-k entrance, and she overheard some parents talking. One of them, aggrieved, went "Well, I never looked at a shape in my life! I mean, I saw them, but I didn't need to name them!" and his wife, to whomever it was they were talking to, said "Honestly, what I do is I take the magazine and find it and cut it out for her."
What the hell is wrong with these people!?
If it's any consolation, at least they only have one child to screw up between the two of them!
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And she picks them up from school in the afternoon, feeds them dinner, and I grab them and bring them to mom again.
Anyway, the pre-k kids have one homework assignment every week, and even I think this one is developmentally appropriate: They have to go through a magazine (magazines are provided for those who don't have) and cut out an image that contains the "shape of the week". Then they have to bring in an object that is the same as the 3D shape or color of the week. To my knowledge, the two shapes don't have anything to do with each other - if the picture is supposed to be a circle, the object might be a cube. They do this over the weekend, and then on Monday they all talk about it.
So V was there the other day waiting to drop the kids off at the pre-k entrance, and she overheard some parents talking. One of them, aggrieved, went "Well, I never looked at a shape in my life! I mean, I saw them, but I didn't need to name them!" and his wife, to whomever it was they were talking to, said "Honestly, what I do is I take the magazine and find it and cut it out for her."
What the hell is wrong with these people!?
If it's any consolation, at least they only have one child to screw up between the two of them!
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