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Under the gun: Or how I learned patience from the ring!
“I don’t see you studying,” I say.
The prodigal says, “Did you know that the French Revolution started in 1789?”
I say, “yes, but what’s that got to do with biology???“
Prodigal says, “but Mom, I thought you’d like the fact that I know a random fact.”
Ugh!
I hate 6th grade biology.
I hate tests and I hate having been chained to my beloved youngin’ variously cajoling, pushing, pulling, commiserating and otherwise attempting to aid and abet her as she has variously studied, grumped, whined, drifted and finally studied some more for her very b-i-g test tomorrow.
Getting the picture?
We’re talking ten rounds of constant battle and I am up-against-the-ropes losing … badly!
So, what’s to be done as she pushes up from her book to organize a deck of playing cards … PLAYING CARDS?!?!?
BUT … we also have a eureka moment, viruses, bacteria, and now protists done!
And wait … ah ha. The cards are down and its fungi time — and not only that, I can see that somewhere deep in the recesses of her brain she is thinking, “but I really do want to get a good grade!”
Yep, I’m off the ropes. She’s quiet, and focusing, fingers flying across the keys of her mac book as she confidently says, “Mom, I’ll be in bed by ten.”