Last week I asked all of you who follow me on twitter for some help with my 1st graders homework because I was completely stumped.
And yes, I do realize how pathetic that statement sounds.
But the reason I needed help was because my 3rd graders math homework had me stumped for a good 20 minutes just prior to that and my brain was fried.
And yes, I do realize how pathetic that statement sounds as well.
But try your hand at my 3rd graders math homework, just this one question, and see how YOU do before you judge me. (You can leave your answers in the comment section below this post if you want!)
Anyway, when my 1st grader said to me, "Mom! I need an N word for something you find at the zoo." My brain fried brain (huh?) honestly couldn't think of a THING.
So I did a quick shout out to all of you on twitter, and while all of you were sending me in great N words, my 9 year old son suggested she do "nuts."
I'm thinking, "Nuts that fall from the tree at the zoo. That might work."
But my 7 year old was thinking something else entirely.
"Ohhhh, like an elephant's nuts," he says.
I was totally taken aback.
What did he just say?
Did he say what I think he just said?
Did he pick up some "slang" at school?
Should I eat chocolate for dinner?
Why did he call them that?
All of these thoughts ran through my head in a matter of seconds.
I was about to say to him, "How did you know to even say that?" When I realized, I should probably pose another question instead.
"What do you mean, an elephant's nuts?" I asked.
"You know! Like the nuts you FEED elephants, mom."
"Ohhhhhhhh!" I responded holding back my giggles. "Of course!" *giggle* "The nuts you feed elephants." *giggle* *giggle* "Good one." *giggle*
I don't know why I thought he meant what I was thinking, but the way he said it totally made me think he was thinking that. (did you catch all that?)
Now excuse me while I go giggle some more.
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:-) With that kind of math, I think it's easier to go from the bottom up and ADD (doublecheck by subtracting your answer afterwards)...just a thought.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a story...a few years ago, my son was into Webkinz. He found the rhino. I asked what he was going to name it and very loudly, right in the store, he says, "HORNY!"
Funny. gotta love the way young kids see things.
ReplyDeleteI remember when my oldest (now 17) was in 1st grade. The math was awful. They used all kinds of new fancy terms and explantions for the same old math. and they did guestimation grouping type stuff- weird.
Gavin had been doing math since he was about 3, but was taught our 'old school' ways and words, so when he got to school he was totally confused.
Yes, I was thinking nuts in an innapropriate way when I saw the title of your post. Never once did PEAnuts cross my mind until I read your full story. My mind usually is NOT in the gutter, but today is different I guess.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you need to take a breather when it comes to helping the kids with homework. The simplest equations (9928-5183=4855)can seem so scary and "non-do-able"
sometimes- it's almost as if our brains have been overloaded and we just can't think. Just like that day when I tried to put the gallon of milk away in the cabinet instead of the fridge. Ya!
this made me laugh like a middle school boy
ReplyDeleteYou know what's the funniest part of this whole thing to me is that I've been following you for months and just now realized you're a pastors wife. I too am a pastors wife and I'm notorious for saying the kind of things that pastor's wives aren't supposed to say..
ReplyDeleteOk, I guess we all have our mind's in the gutter, lol! That was funny! But I loved the 1st commentor's story about the rhino!
ReplyDeleteBernice
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Always remember to to these type of substraction problems from right to left.
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-4173
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4855
If you do the problem that way you'll have the numbers available to borrow from the higher number columns when needed.
Funny about Elephant Nuts
P.S. I think Elaine read the question a bit wrong, she made the ending number end up 4745, when I think you had on the problem that it had to be 485__ something, which would be 4855 if you had the numbers as I said before,
ReplyDelete9028 first line, 4173 second line and 4855 third line. Then check the answer by adding the second and third numbers together to see if they add up to the top number.
I did so bad at math in high school that they had to put me in "stupid people math" just so I could graduate. Yeah, seriously. So, hubby is the math helper in this house. (Unfortunate for my child.) So, yeah, I have no clue on the math problem.
ReplyDeleteElephant nuts. LMAO!!! Sounds strangely like something my 1st grader would say......
I'm lost just reading the last few comments.
ReplyDeleteOK - that was laugh out loud funny! Good save, with the ask before you blew it with and assumption! That's some good mommyin right there!
ReplyDeleteGet your mind out of the gutter. I knew what he was talking about the whole time. ;)
ReplyDeleteBut now I can't that image out of my mind...
Hahahahaha I stopped everything just to come over and read this simply because of the title. Because surely Lazy mama wouldn't talk like that. hehehehehehehehee Totally made my day.
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