A Steadfast Spirit
Nov. 13, 2007
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

Our 13 yo daughter was working on a vocabulary assignment today, and this is how a conversation went...

daughter:  Man, this dictionary is lazy!

mother:  What do you mean by lazy?  How can a dictionary be lazy?

daughter:  Well, I'm looking up a word that begins with 'un', and the dictionary doesn't list it under 'un'; it makes you go find the original word for the definition.  How lazy is that?!

mother:  Honey, if the dictionary listed every single word that could take the prefix 'un', it would be so big you couldn't lift it.

daughter:  I still think it's being lazy.

mother:  Just out of curiosity, what is the word you're looking up?

daughter:  Unmotivated.

At this juncture, the two of us just cracked up laughing at the irony of it all.  It's little moments like this that make homeschooling so meaningful, don't you think?  :o) 

 


Comments

Nov. 13, 2007 - Funny!

Posted by Leni

Momster, that's hysterical! lol

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Nov. 13, 2007 - Lazy Dictionary!

Posted by Anonymous

How funny. That's the first time I have ever heard a dictionary called lazy.

Blessings,
DebbieB: http://proverbs31gal.blogspot.com/

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Nov. 13, 2007 - Too Funny!!!

Posted by Grits

LOL

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Nov. 13, 2007 - from Texee

Posted by Anonymous

Momsteroni!!! That is so funny! It's the little things, sometimes, that are just priceless! :)

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Nov. 13, 2007 - :)

Posted by CarpeBanana

my crew would teach her a cheer that goes:

(are you motivated?)
MOTIVATED! MOTIVATED!
Downright Dedicated!
Synchronized! Organized!
Ten times better than (stomp foot twice)
THOSE GUYS!

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Nov. 14, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Blossom

That brought a chuckle from me! That was great!

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