Family Learning Gifts

"It seemed like a long timeout."

"Ya know, 'DUH' can be a very hurtful word."

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

"Can I borrow the car keys?"

"Have you been on the moon again, young man?"

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

Fear/Knowledge

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

A woman standing beside a stove full of steaming pots and pans.

Kid at bus stop to kid: 'Needless to say, I cured my Mom of her home-schooling kick.'

Cry babies.

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

'Well, it's your fault for wearing my slippers.'

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"I'd like the garden salad with the blue cheese dressing, and my mother would like me married by age thirty."

"Studies show that children of immigrants are more likely to to take advanced math and science courses and more likely to take advanced placement tests in preparation for college."

'Ahhh...'

'Does this have anything to do with Einstein's theory of relativity?'

A baby duck in a tiny car seat on the mother duck's back.

Eternal Student.

The Baby Walker

"There was no other choice, Mom. It was a double dog dare."

"Couldn't you have just laughed instead of spelling 'LOL' in your alphabet soup?"

"These are the very weapons your mother and I used in our famous duel."

"Look Mommy, hat!"

'She's a very protectice mother!' - Lifeguard at Christening/Baptism.

My First Camera

Teacher pointing to P,Q, on board: "OK class, which letter comes next? Redbeard, you should know this."

"My answers could be right. Your quiz just asked the wrong questions."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Cole is busy balancing family and career. Can I take a message and have her call you back?"

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,