Lola is only in kindergarten, but she's a clever and original thinker, and the years of combat with her older sister have honed her skills in arguing. Recently Lola reverted to resisting going to kindergarten (this was started by guests who were discussing home schooling. Lola had never realized before that her mother makes a choice in sending her to kindergarten, and that if her lazy old mother felt like it, Lola would never have to go to school again). After her request to be home-schooled went nowhere, Lola insisted that she was too sick to go to school. This was met with a polite refusal to believe on my part (and open laughter and derision on Iris's part. "You're sick? You were running around and laughing! Look, you're going to laugh!"). I did ask her to list her symptoms, and rather unconvincingly, "I have to go to school ALL WEEK" and "There are one hundred million days of school" were cited as symptoms, along with vague issues of various body parts allegedly hurting.
Peevishly Lola said the next day, "No DOCTOR said I wasn't sick." I had to admit that third grader Iris and I don't have medical degrees, and I had to admire her reasoning.
Last night Lola resisted going to bed. Along with a variety of other excuses, she stated firmly, "It's not the right weather to go to bed."
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I support that logic. If it is raining in her room or it is sunny outside, it is not the proper weather to go to bed. The Great God Lola is a wise and observant God.
I get that all the time from my kindy too. He's too tired to go to bed being my favorite!
I wonder if one can invest in debating society futures...
this was started by guests who were discussing home schooling
Oops. Sorry about that.
Ellen, you are a delightful guest, and Lola would have eventually learned about home schooling. It's kind of funny that she hadn't realized it exists, as Iris certainly did. Poor Lola, saddled with a lazy old mother... but I am 100% sure that she is better served by her excellent school, with its wonderful and caring teachers, than she would be at home.
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