My 5-1/2 year old daughter was reading Henry Huggins.
"Mom," she says, "I'm having trouble with this word."
"Oh? Which word, hon?"
"This one", she says, pointing to "ichthyophthirius".
"Oh my gosh, sweetie, I'M having trouble with that word!"
Thankfully, most of the rest of the words in that book aren't quite that difficult. But it's really there, and here's what it means, if you're wondering.
UPDATE: I realized after posting this that the book was actually Henry Huggins, not Henry and Ribsy, as I first thought.
Friday, February 25, 2005
Scenes from our homeschool, Part I
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Well, there you have it. Proof that Homeschooling doesn't work.
If your 5 1/2 year old doesn't know what "ichthyophthirius" is (and I'll bet she had a hard time pronouncing it too), well, something is drastically wrong.
I think you should get her in a public school ASAP.
pmm
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