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My daughter has been learning all kinds of things in school. In addition to the academics and arts in the curriculum, she is learning the important things in life. It seems she brings home a new ditty about every week. Some are familiar:
Jingle Bells
Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
Batmobile lost a wheel
and Joker got away.
Today it was something new:
Tinkle, tinkle little bat.
Tell me where's the potty at.
Is it straight or to the right?
Caves are very dark at night.
Little bat, why such a frown?
Did you tinkle up-side-down?
I believe that came from a scholastic book, Dinner with Dracula. I don't know the author.
And here is another--the first verse I remember from my childhood. I'm a bit appalled at the second verse:
Jackie and Jimmy sitting in a tree.
K-i-s-s-i-n-g
First comes love
Then comes marriage
then comes baby in a baby carriage.
But that's not all
Then comes the baby drinking alcohol.
To make mommy feel better, she changed it to baby drinking milk and all.
I doubt she finds it as easy to remember her math and spelling as she does this. But then, I wasn't much older than her when I wrote the following:
Little Miss Muffett
Crouched by her tuffet
Scared half out of her wits.
There dropped from a glider
an A-bomb beside her
and frightened Miss Muffett to bits.
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jewel tones was the theme
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People always assume I'm exaggerating for comic effect about underage drinking in Louisiana. MAJOR PROBLEM.
I'm hoping second grade is still early, but I am afraid there are some kids that age who get to drink at home either with their parents or after them. We are working hard to make sure Oyster understands that drinking is wrong for kids and should be done responsibly by adults.
Yes, that's what public school is all about---learning about life in different cultures, different homes, and exploring them with one's family. That's one reason I applaud public schools. And it's one reason I am very cautious about home schooling. There is more to life than academics, important as they are. Learning to address the everyday problems of different points of view, different values, differences generally is a wonderful, necessary learning experience.
first time i've heard/seen the tinkle bat one.
is it wrong that i want to teach it to my daughter? lol
(she's a year older than oyster)
here here lit! i've always thought that people who insist on homeschooling their kids in order to protect them were a bit blinded by their fears. if you don't expose your kid(s) to differing views while they are still young enough to listen to you and follow your lead what's gonna happen when they're confronted with everything their parents tried to shelter them from when they leave their parents home? like germs, a little exposure can go a long way in protecting them from harm.
I've always used that logic regarding religious views. If you don't know what other people believe, how can you really identify your beliefs? I'm hoping Oyster can be aware of the myriad differences around her and be appreciative of them. Kind of like the Vulcan IDIC--infinite diversity in infinite combination--being considered a good thing.
Wouldn't the world be boring if we were all identical?
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