The cherub has french homework to do. He has to write a short paragraph about his family.
Great.
In the past year the cherub has lost, through no fault of his own, one stepfather, one stepbrother, grandparents in law and, of course, his dad. This should be an interesting exercise....
He's getting me to check it over.
He has written {and I'm very kindly translating for you all here..}
"There are three people in my family. My mother, Ned and me. Ned is a dog. He is big but kind."
"OK that's a start toots, but "gentile" means kind, I think you mean Ned is a big softy..
Sighs. Well the teacher said it was OK.
"OK. My bad. .. What about your dad? You could add your dad just died last month."
Nah. If I wrote about cancer they'd know I'd been on Google translate.
7 December 2009 at 22:09
You can't fault his logic. He's been through a lot, but still seems an incredibly sorted wee boy.
7 December 2009 at 23:47
That's a well-grounded lad you've got there and no mistake.
8 December 2009 at 09:54
Sighs...I think he's getting through it by not thinking about his dad at all.
Which, as strategies go, is probably as good as any ..
8 December 2009 at 21:44
What a sound lad. Kids have good ways of dealing with these things
9 December 2009 at 07:30
Mr Bene - Old beyond his years I think. Or maybe just got his dad's very even temperment...
9 December 2009 at 09:39
Cherub is a very smart young man.
I'm glad he made Ned an official member of his family
I guess he knows what a family is.
Maybe he learnt that from his mother
Don't underestimate him
10 December 2009 at 11:07
Hi Clyde - He's obviously shaping up to be smarter than his mother that's for sure!