Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Do you go to school?

My son hasn't even started kindy coz I don't believe that kids should be sent to any type of schools just because they can already talk. However, at home I always stress the importance of formal schooling and education, as soon as these things become compulsory, of course. Therefore, whenever my son asks me questions about stuff around him I always include in my answer that one day he should go to school to learn things. Whenever he listens to my explanations to his questions he'll inquire where I learnt about those things he just asked. Straight away I would say, "I went to school."
One fine day, while playing outside our house, he asked me, "What do dragonflies eat?" Unsure of the answer I replied that I didn't know. My son looked at me and said, "Didn't you say you went to school?.. Don't you know?"

To save myself I told him that my teacher forgot to teach me about dragonflies.

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