NOT On The List of Helpful Things To Do

The Youngest broke his arm.

Jan 1.

Again.

Helllllooo 2011.


Had surgery on Jan. 10, put a plate in/on it. Now he gets matching scars, one on the left arm, one on the right arm.

Goodie!

Sent him back to school Thurs. It was a bit much so he stayed home on Fri. At least he got his homework. And so we try to play catch up. He's off the pain pills and has some clarity about him.

He's done a lot better this year and this last quarter had all A's & B's ...except for Spanish. I don't know. Maybe his schedule was just too tight. He has 7 classes plus release time seminary. He was on the swim team and spent quite a bit of time after school with his sports broadcasting class which filmed a lot of the home football, volleyball & basketball games. So maybe it was just too much.

Anyway, Spanish sucks.

Big time.

So we're looking at what he has to make up. There is an interactive lesson site on the Internet. He has a microphone to do the practice speaking sessions and he just doesn't get it. He is too far behind.

Enter Farm Boy. There is no school today because of Martin Luther King Day but Farm Boy has to go to work. No holiday for him. However, before he leaves this morning he is VERY DEFINITE...If The Youngest has not finished his Spanish homework, he announces, he will not take him to school tomorrow. He will not allow him to go back until it is all completed. End of discussion.

????

Wow. Large & in charge.

Gotta love it when dumb meets dumber.

Let's review.

The kid has missed a total of 9 days of school. Semester finals are this week on Thurs. & Fri. Said kid, has just had major surgery. While he has tried to do the work we've brought home for him he has been in pain & medicated. He needs help catching up and will have to cram as many reviews as possible on Tues & Wed. in order to have a snowball's chance on the finals.

Spanish is a wash. The class will have to be dropped and he'll just have to try again next year.  Farm Boy & I have discussed this.

But this morning...

Ah yes, the ultimate solution. He's behind, so let's hold him out of school so he can get further behind.

Sigh.

Okay, seriously not happening. He will go to school.

But...just because I had to listen to that noise...can somebody, anybody?

Explain the thought process behind that?
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