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"This book is boring!"
"No argument here. I would've assigned something else. But school starts tomorrow, so quick, retell the end for me."
"Um. Well. I'm not sure. I think they give him a box?"
"Who gives whom a box and why?"
"Um. It starts with a J, let me-"
"I don't need a name. I need to know who it is."
"I think it's a friend of his grandparents?"
"So who is him? And what happened to his friend?"
"I'm not really sure."
(Spoiler: The friend died in the last few chapters.)
"Sooooo you need to go back to the last thing you are sure about and re-read, and this time, try to pay attention."
"I was paying attention!"
"So do it again."
This is actually the second time we've had this exact same conversation today. I agree that force-reading two books on the day before school starts is not something I'd normally ask him to do, but he's still complaining like I'm the one who assigned these.
"No argument here. I would've assigned something else. But school starts tomorrow, so quick, retell the end for me."
"Um. Well. I'm not sure. I think they give him a box?"
"Who gives whom a box and why?"
"Um. It starts with a J, let me-"
"I don't need a name. I need to know who it is."
"I think it's a friend of his grandparents?"
"So who is him? And what happened to his friend?"
"I'm not really sure."
(Spoiler: The friend died in the last few chapters.)
"Sooooo you need to go back to the last thing you are sure about and re-read, and this time, try to pay attention."
"I was paying attention!"
"So do it again."
This is actually the second time we've had this exact same conversation today. I agree that force-reading two books on the day before school starts is not something I'd normally ask him to do, but he's still complaining like I'm the one who assigned these.
