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Second Generation NERD!!!
Sep. 23rd, 2008 10:32 amAs many of you are well aware, yesterday was Mabon/Autumnal Equinox. As part of our celebration at home, Mason and I baked cream cheese cookies shaped like fallen leaves. We decorated them with frosting in fall colors. I made enough little ones for Mason to bring to share with his class today. (We have a big maple leaf about the size of my hand, and one the size of a half dollar -- if any of you are old enough to picture that.) Anyway, as I was handing them to Ms. D this morning with a bit of explination, she pulled me aside to tell me this awesome story about Mason yesterday.
As follows:
Apparently, the class was talking about "big words" yesterday and Ms. D. asked the class for some examples. My son, second generation nerd, doesn't miss a beat as he offers: "Antidisestablishmentarianism." Ms. D. is stunned into silence for a second, and then asks, "Could you repeat that?" And, Mason, says, louder, "Antidisestablishmentarianism!" She responds, "Uh, well, we'll certainly have to look that one up in the dictionary." Then she looks at me with a long suffering, yet trying to be cheerful tone and says, "I just love having Mason in class."
I'll bet.
It's tough when your kindergarteners know words you don't.
Mason, it should be pointed out, probably doesn't know the meaning of antidisestablishmentarianism either. He knows the word because of the "Bookworm Adventures" video game we play, in which you get a higher score by thinking up the word that uses the most letters. Mason has been really impressed with one of the longest words he and his mama ever made, which was "winterization." We started talking about dream words we would make if we had the letters and all the treasure they might get us, and I remembered that I once read in the Guiness Book of World Records that in the English language one of longest words still in common usage is antidisestablishmentarianism. Mason remembered it.
And they say video games are bad for kids.
And for those of you who wished me luck on getting to my work out during my brain dead time, it worked out perfectly. The best part is that at 2:00 in the afternoon the place is almost completely deserted as well. Although there's some kind of Murphy's Law thing going on because I had to laugh... there were five people in the whole gym, and all of them hogged the equipment I wanted. Still, I managed to get in a good work out and I think I'm going to try to make this a regular thing, even though my WOMEN'S HEALTH magazine says that morning work outs are best for your metabolism. Ah well, I guess I figure any time working out is better than none.
The alien short story is coming along as well, although at a slower pace than I'd like given its deadline.
As follows:
Apparently, the class was talking about "big words" yesterday and Ms. D. asked the class for some examples. My son, second generation nerd, doesn't miss a beat as he offers: "Antidisestablishmentarianism." Ms. D. is stunned into silence for a second, and then asks, "Could you repeat that?" And, Mason, says, louder, "Antidisestablishmentarianism!" She responds, "Uh, well, we'll certainly have to look that one up in the dictionary." Then she looks at me with a long suffering, yet trying to be cheerful tone and says, "I just love having Mason in class."
I'll bet.
It's tough when your kindergarteners know words you don't.
Mason, it should be pointed out, probably doesn't know the meaning of antidisestablishmentarianism either. He knows the word because of the "Bookworm Adventures" video game we play, in which you get a higher score by thinking up the word that uses the most letters. Mason has been really impressed with one of the longest words he and his mama ever made, which was "winterization." We started talking about dream words we would make if we had the letters and all the treasure they might get us, and I remembered that I once read in the Guiness Book of World Records that in the English language one of longest words still in common usage is antidisestablishmentarianism. Mason remembered it.
And they say video games are bad for kids.
And for those of you who wished me luck on getting to my work out during my brain dead time, it worked out perfectly. The best part is that at 2:00 in the afternoon the place is almost completely deserted as well. Although there's some kind of Murphy's Law thing going on because I had to laugh... there were five people in the whole gym, and all of them hogged the equipment I wanted. Still, I managed to get in a good work out and I think I'm going to try to make this a regular thing, even though my WOMEN'S HEALTH magazine says that morning work outs are best for your metabolism. Ah well, I guess I figure any time working out is better than none.
The alien short story is coming along as well, although at a slower pace than I'd like given its deadline.
