06 October 2011

Learning's for Dummies

Davis is four and has already decided its not cool to learn things in school.  When I ask him what he learned in preschool he says things like, "Nothing. My teacher has a TV hidden in the cupboard and she just watches it all day while we do whatever we want"  or "Today my teacher brought a pillow pet from home and took a nap" or "Today we painted, but I already know how to paint so it isn't like I learned anything."

But yesterday when I asked him if he learned anything in school he very casually said, "I did learn something today.  Today I learned that I don't really like people."

This shouldn't have shocked me because that morning during an episode of Super Why after Wyatt said "and YOU-Super You, with the power to help!" Davis said, "The power to help? Who wants the power to HELP--people will just ask you to do stuff for them all the time!!"

So yeah . . . not really a people person.

5 comments:

Rebecca said...

This young lad will not be taken advantage of EVER! I love him.

CarrieAnne said...

We had a doctor tell us that The Kid being so stubborn was a good thing that would be extraordinarily beneficial to her....if we could point her in the right direction.

Good luck with that.

He'd make a good lawyer, Batman, or Unibomber. Either way...I see public speaking, or international relations in his future.....what with all his language skills.

NG said...
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NG said...

Are you sure your kid and my kid didn't get switched at the hospital?

Yuet-ching said...

LOL Hahaha "The power to help? Who wants the power to HELP--people will just ask you to do stuff for them all the time!!" Smart kid..I wish I were more like that~=P