“Daddy, I need your help,” the 7 year old says to me.
“Sure honey…with what?” I respond.
“Homework. Math. I don’t understand it.”
Second grade math. Easy. Addition. Subtraction. Piece. Of. Cake. Now is my chance to look like a Super Hero! Captain Mathman! Super Subtraction-man! The Great Additionanator!
With great pride and bravado I say, “Let’s see what we got going on here. Show me the problem.”
She walks the computer over and stops with a jolt. It’s still plugged into the wall.
Cute.
Warning:
That is the very last cute thing of this horrible tale you will read. Proceed at your own risk of hair and brain cell loss.
The 7 year old is frustrated.
“I don’t understand this problem,” she says all cute and doey eyed.
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Christopher De Voss 
Holy crap! My grandson is home schooled and luckily, though there is some of that crap, we still teach him the old way. Old school hockey! Puttin’ on the foil, every game! They use the blocks of ten for multiplication and some of that to make things visual, but still keep things simple also. Whew! My daughter does a great job. I feel your pain (in my best Bill Clinton voice).
Simple is better. Straight forward. No need to complicate things. All hail the chief!
Chris, how’s it been going lately? I’ve missed reading your posts, although we’re all entitled to a break. Anyway, just saying hi and I hope all is well.
-David
Everything is good. I’m over at longawkwardpause.com now. You should do a guest post!
Sure! Let me know what sort of topic.
I see this is your most recent post. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Yes. Thank you. I’m at longawkwardpause.com mostly now. How’s you?