This is why I don’t homeschool.
Apr 27th, 2009 by jenzug
Me: So Ruthie, your homework tonight is to write three words in the “air” family.
Ruthie: CHAIR!
Me: Awesome. What’s another one?
Ruthie: STAIR!
Me: Yup. One more!
Ruthie: PAIR!
Me: Close! I know it sounds the same, but that’s actually spelled P-E-A-R.
Ruthie: [blank stair stare]
Me: Um, yeah. Actually, PAIR is right. Good job.
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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lol
I COULD NOT BE LAUGHING HARDER AT THIS!! our poor kids. we try. we really do, don’t we??
thanks for the chuckle.