School daze

[mdlbear]

Had a big blow-up with the Younger Daughter last night over homework; she's struggling in math (after a good start at the beginning of the year, thanks to Sylvan). Finally did get it done, but not without a great deal of shouting and threatening to take an axe to the upstairs TV. After she'd finished, we played a couple of games of Scrabble, which is one of the few games that everyone in the family likes. The rest of the family's inability to handle math has always been baffling to me, and makes it difficult for me to help with math homework.

Meanwhile, the chaoswolf has been learning that drawing, like writing and music, (and probably programming), has to be something you need to do in order to get good at it. At least she's making her mistakes at a JC where it's cheap and close to home; I don't mind supporting her during the process. We already know she likes to write, and I suspect she'll enjoy programming if she gives it a good try.