Ha, he was totally watching Young Avengers! :D (why yes, my dork flag IS waving high!)
I think it's excellent that you guys are trying to give The Nephew things to do, but man, do I ever feel for his teacher, as well as him! It's kind of a nobody-wins situation, because I'm sure she'd rather be spending more time with fun stuff too - but with the many different levels of skill and acuity kids have at the very same age, it's hard to be all things to all kids.
Even in high school, the kids who get bored (as opposed to being lazy, which is a whole different type of frustration for the teacherly types like me) make me really sad, because with big classes they just don't get the fun attention and encouragement they need to get re-excited about stuffing their brains with cool things. (Even more so when the arts are taken away, grrrr argh.) Honestly, the ONE thing that would VASTLY improve US education is to make ALL classes no bigger than 15 kids per class grade 8 and below, and 20 in high school.
Can't wait to see the Avengers story, and I have an idea for our wacky adventure, too. :D
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I think it's excellent that you guys are trying to give The Nephew things to do, but man, do I ever feel for his teacher, as well as him! It's kind of a nobody-wins situation, because I'm sure she'd rather be spending more time with fun stuff too - but with the many different levels of skill and acuity kids have at the very same age, it's hard to be all things to all kids.
Even in high school, the kids who get bored (as opposed to being lazy, which is a whole different type of frustration for the teacherly types like me) make me really sad, because with big classes they just don't get the fun attention and encouragement they need to get re-excited about stuffing their brains with cool things. (Even more so when the arts are taken away, grrrr argh.) Honestly, the ONE thing that would VASTLY improve US education is to make ALL classes no bigger than 15 kids per class grade 8 and below, and 20 in high school.
Can't wait to see the Avengers story, and I have an idea for our wacky adventure, too. :D