I think she loves me!
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My daughter had a similar project in the 1st grade. The teachers wanted to know how intelligent their parents were so they asked the students to tell the class why they think their father is smart. My daughter gets up in front of the class and says, "My Dad is smart because he told me that if it weren't for electricity, we would all be sitting around watching television by candlelight."
The teacher laughed and said that my daughter had a remarkable daddy which naturally set my daughter off and she ended up telling everyone more of the insightful things I had come up with while attending the 'school of hard knocks'
Anything that doesn't eat you today is saving you for tomorrow.
Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
Appearances are not everything, it just looks like they are.
Artificial intelligence usually beats real stupidity.
Obviously the teacher was amazed at my insightfulness and asked if there is anything your daddy has ever done that you did not like. Meredith said, "Well there was that one time when we were driving through Utah and Daddy laughed at a religious sign. The teacher became real serious and asked what the sign said. Meredith chirped right up and said, " It was a big sign on the side of the road that said, 'Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus' " Church of Mormon.
Needless to say, I had a visit by some concerned educators the next day. They basically informed me that real people usually have two reasons for doing anything ... a good reason and the real reason ... and since I did not have a good reason for laughing at that sign, they wanted to know the real reason. Sooooooooo I was between a rock and a hard place and politely informed them that a problem could not be solved using the same level of thinking that created it ... in other words ... if you screwed it up, you aren't the one to fix it.
They informed me that I was not being very clear at what my intentions were when I laughed and I said that a little ambiguity apparently goes a long way ... however they still looked a little 'peeved off' at me ... so I saw my opening and jumped on it and said, 'Well, it certainly looks like we have a consensus ... or in other words ... we all agree to believe collectively what no one believes individually."
At that point I slammed the front door shut and went about my merry way of trying to figure out how life ever got so complicated. I reached a conclusion (which was merely the place where I got tired of thinking) that a bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.
The teacher laughed and said that my daughter had a remarkable daddy which naturally set my daughter off and she ended up telling everyone more of the insightful things I had come up with while attending the 'school of hard knocks'
Anything that doesn't eat you today is saving you for tomorrow.
Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
Appearances are not everything, it just looks like they are.
Artificial intelligence usually beats real stupidity.
Obviously the teacher was amazed at my insightfulness and asked if there is anything your daddy has ever done that you did not like. Meredith said, "Well there was that one time when we were driving through Utah and Daddy laughed at a religious sign. The teacher became real serious and asked what the sign said. Meredith chirped right up and said, " It was a big sign on the side of the road that said, 'Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus' " Church of Mormon.
Needless to say, I had a visit by some concerned educators the next day. They basically informed me that real people usually have two reasons for doing anything ... a good reason and the real reason ... and since I did not have a good reason for laughing at that sign, they wanted to know the real reason. Sooooooooo I was between a rock and a hard place and politely informed them that a problem could not be solved using the same level of thinking that created it ... in other words ... if you screwed it up, you aren't the one to fix it.
They informed me that I was not being very clear at what my intentions were when I laughed and I said that a little ambiguity apparently goes a long way ... however they still looked a little 'peeved off' at me ... so I saw my opening and jumped on it and said, 'Well, it certainly looks like we have a consensus ... or in other words ... we all agree to believe collectively what no one believes individually."
At that point I slammed the front door shut and went about my merry way of trying to figure out how life ever got so complicated. I reached a conclusion (which was merely the place where I got tired of thinking) that a bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.
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Funny you should say that. Our kids are in our church private school, which is s sort of hybrid program. Will go to full time Home school next year. They basically have been home schooled always.
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Yep Intenseaty ... you're a lucky man.
When my son was young we went to the bank one day and as we stood in line to talk to the teller, my son pulled on the trousers of the man next to us and when the man looked down Josh pointed to me and said, "Dat's my Dadddddddddy!!!!" The little fella made me feel like the king of the world.
Then one day he got older and saw me for what I really am ... a broken down ole truck driver.
But I'm still prouder than a game rooster of my kid ... but I can't wait for him to grow up
When my son was young we went to the bank one day and as we stood in line to talk to the teller, my son pulled on the trousers of the man next to us and when the man looked down Josh pointed to me and said, "Dat's my Dadddddddddy!!!!" The little fella made me feel like the king of the world.
Then one day he got older and saw me for what I really am ... a broken down ole truck driver.
But I'm still prouder than a game rooster of my kid ... but I can't wait for him to grow up
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That sign made me think of: "My daddy can beat up your daddy........ shut up stupid. My daddy IS your daddy".....
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I'm gonna have to call BS on that sign. Being from Utah, Never once have seen that sign, and two It's not called church of Mormon. Good try though.
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