Spelling

A conversation with the kid:

• Didn’t you know I placed second in spelling.
• That’s good, that means you’re getting better in the classroom.
• No, not in my class.
• What do you mean class, I don’t get it.
• I got second place in the school trials for spelling.
• Hmmm, now that’s different. You’re supposed to be happy with that, second is good.
• Well, I could’ve gotten that simple word spelled correctly.
• Don’t worry about it, do you want to do some spelling exercises?
• No
• Why not?
• It’s boring.
• Well, you could pretend you’re eighteen years old in Half-life and spell every word correctly.
• I’ve done it already, but I could do more, plus it’s boring trying to be adult.
• Ooooo-keeeyyyy, how ’bout this…[scratches head]
• what…
• I’ll go get the dictionary and I’ll put you through some interesting spelling test.
• No!

 Conclusion: Raising kids in America is hard.