Homework! Oh, Homework!
by Jack Prelutsky
| Homework! Oh, homework! I hate you! You stink! I wish I could wash you away in the sink. If only a bomb would explode you to bits. Homework! Oh, homework! You're giving me fits. | ||
| I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark, or wrestle a lion alone in the dark, eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, than tackle the homework my teacher assigns. | ||
Homework! Oh, homework! You're last on my list. I simply can't see why you even exist. If you just disappeared it would tickle me pink. Homework! Oh, homework! I hate you! You stink! I can not be the only one who remembers this poem, although I thought Shel Silverstein wrote it?! Hmmm... I remember being a kid hating homework (unless it was something cool like building a covered wagon out of wood in my Grandpa's garage.:). I loved poetry because of the poem. I had it memorized and would repeat it when I had homework to do. Now I am on the other side of the fence. I am no longer a child but a Mother ( a fact which baffles me sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I love being a Mom, but I feel 17 some days!) I have to enforce the rules. I get mad at my children when they forget their homework. They are not allowed to play the DS or watch TV, on the nights they forget homework. Mean and evil, maybe! I remember how mean I thought my parents were for doing the same thing (except for me it was the phone and TV. I've always loved to talk LOL!) Tonight (as I do many nights she forgets homework, because as I have stated before I'm so "Mean") I gave her some homework. I printed off a few worksheets and sat her down at the kitchen table. She is so good, she is singing along to the country music playing in the back round while doing her worksheets. Didn't argue, throw a fit or get mad at me. She knows the rules and she knows she is the one who forgot, not me. It has occurred to me, my daughter is better woman than I am sometimes. When I forget to give her something for school I feel like such an idiot, beat myself up and/or make excuses. She just takes her punishment and gets on with it. I need to take a lesson from my oldest child. Who is wise and beautiful even at the tender age of 8. Please don't misunderstand me, she throws fits, drives me nuts and fights with her siblings, but when she's wrong she admits it and sometimes reminds me of her punishment. I am going to try and be more like her when I make mistakes! Be honest to everyone and myself and take my punishment like a girl, my girl!! Have a beautiful, creative and inspired day! Love, Amy |
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