Busy Bees
My son has no rhythm.
That's the word he missed in last week's spelling bee. It was his fifth word, and probably the hardest one given to his age group.
Even at my age, I pause for a second when spelling "rhythm" to remind myself where those H's go.
Oh well. He did his best, and that's all I ask of my kids.
My daughter tackled her first bee and correctly spelled three words before missing her fourth. I don't even remember what it was, as I was so nervous for her.
I noticed my son scribbling in the little Spellers Notebook that was passed out to the audience. I figured he was testing himself by writing down all the words in the competition.
Turns out he was "inventing a new language, because the one we've got makes no sense."
Permalink posted by Idaho Dad at 12:02 AM
9 Comments:
About time someone did something about the stupid rules in English
I look forward to the new language with anticipation
My son has been amazingly accepting the quirks of our language. I fought them tooth and nail as a kid.
Spell checker is my life line.
good luck to him - if he gets anywhere with it let me know. God knows I can't do much with the one I am currently using or abusing as the case may be.
And it's long overdue!
recognizing this early! looking good there.
nobel prize, or maybe a future j.r.r. tolkien in the works?
That is a difficult word. So glad for spell checkers :)
Busy Bees is the name of a pre-school here in this village :)
I still struggle with the word rhythm.... at least yours is spelt the same way as ours for once lol
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Your son is so right! The English language makes absolutely no sense at all. My daughter is in first grade and is mostly past the bumpy, sound-out-every-letter stage of learning to read, but while we were in the throes of that, I spent most of her reading time repeating the phrase, "I know. That word doesnt look the way it actually sounds. The English language is really confusing. There is no way you could have known how to sound that one out." I kept having to talk her down from the new-reader ledge so she would give up and forget the whole thing.
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