Who Says Homework Can't Be Fun?
Third Grade spelling homework is mindnumbingly dull. Except when, unexpectedly, it takes a turn into the laugh out loud absurd.
One of the regular exercises is “replace the vowel.” Basically, the kids have to take the spelling words in the list and make a new word by changing the main vowel. It’s generally a pretty boring 20 minutes of Diva Girl running through the vowel sounds and periodically asking “Mom! Is this a word?”
Last week she came up with “blog.” I was so proud. This week though…This week, one of the words was “duck.” And when she asked, “Mom, is ‘dick*’ a word?” Well, it’s been a long time since I laughed so hard.
I hope her teacher finds it equally hilarious when he’s marking her homework this weekend.
(*Before you get all outraged, she has an Uncle named Dick, so it's not really as bad as it looks)
Comments
Is dick a word? Heh. Gotta love that girl.
After you laughed did you respond "no it's your uncle's name"? I agree it is hilarious! My dog growing up had a Dick Fish because it was a fish squeaky toy that my Dad's co-worker Dick gave her....Many people were offended when we would tell her to go get Dick Fish...Oh well....
Well, I told her it was a noun, anyway.
I am TOTALLY outraged. You've desecrated my virgin eyes you harlot! :)
*snort*
LOL... I remember that grade!!! The boy brought the same homework home..and had the same reaction to the word duck. Maybe his word was deck. Either way, They think of the darnedest things. My reasoning was the same as yours. Dick is short for Richard. At least that's how I justified it to him. I asked if he could find another word but he wasn't having it.
There's a fellow on the board of a school in my neighbourhood whose name is "Dick Hiscock".
You know, you'd think that if you had the misfortune to be name Richard Hiscock, you'd also have the sense NOT to shorten your first name to Dick.
Guess he's really really proud of his... name.
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Mary P - I literally choked on the doughnut that I was chomping on when I read your comment!!!
I can't wait for Little Man to bring home homework that I can help him on! Aw! **jealous**
