Literary Theory killed my humor last night, so instead if drumming up my own funnies, I offer comic relief from the interwebs:
Yesterday Jeremy’s math book took him in the direction of geometry. He was introduced to the concept of perpendicular and parallel lines. What the what? I shuddered with fear on the memory of tenth grade geometry with Mrs. Akins. Despite Mrs. Akins’ sweet demeanor and her endless effort to help me understand proofs, I barely squeaked through the class… with a C.
(I can’t believe I just confessed that to you, Reader. I typically don’t expose my academic dirty laundry, but the first step in recovering from mediocre grades is admitting you had them.)
While I’m not entirely sure why perpendicular and parallel lines were part of this week’s lesson, I’m happy to report that we’re back to simple division today and sailing along. However, this cartoon, I fear, could be a foreshadowing of things to come.
Here lies a homeschooling mom defeated by math…
Don’t fret!! I remember 10th grade geometry too. It’s a matter of brain maturity. I squeaked with a C for effort. BUT, in my freshman year at college, something in my brain snapped, and I aced the college course. I marvel how in the space of 36 months my brain actually enjoyed the logic involved in geometry. The fifth grade curriculum that I am familiar with also covers the parallel lines concepts too; along with polygons that have more than 5 sides. You are cool to teach it!!