Don't you hate those stumper jokes? Like how can you find a black car without headlights parked in the middle of a parking lot with no street lights on? Easy. It's daytime!
Oh the joys of logic!
Tonight Carter was doing his spelling homework, which included a worksheet with word exercises. On one of them, you had to answer the question, using one of the words from a certain list.
The question was: What color is between black and white? The only logical choice on the list was "gray." Carter says, "Mom, that doesn't really make sense does it?" I asked why. He says, "Well if white is the lightest color possible and black is the darkest, then every color is between black and white. There must be thousands of them. Gray is actually combination of the two colors. Man, I should be writing these questions!"
Oh the joys of logic!
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Nothing like having your child's homework to give you a dose of humble pie, right? If you are knowledgable about "Every day math", I need to be "schooled" so I don't contradict what the teacher is teaching.
Carter's teacher already warned us: "Don't try to understand your child's math this year. Just make sure your child understands." How are we supposed to help with homework now? And why do we need "new math"? I think the old math of 2+2=4 is fine by me. Don't get me started ...
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