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| Alexander brushing upwards on his para-military skills |
In the terminal twosome of weeks, Alexander's homework has dwindled to such a suspiciously depression amount that yesterday I felt compelled to contact (in what I idea was a super hole-and-corner email) my concerns to his teacher. I was hoping it would move all hush hush. Alas, his super vision is such that, when called to his teacher's desk to 'have a piddling chat,' he spotted together with read my e-mail (still opened upwards on her screen).
When he came abode today, non different a immature Robert De Niro playing Jake La Motta inwards Raging Bull, he said: "I told y'all NEVER to say my instructor anything that happens at home."
Ummm, really? When precisely did nosotros bring this conversation. And what does that fifty-fifty mean?
As a friend pointed out today, it could move that he's referring to The Hangover franchise movies, y'all know the ones that follow the mantra: "What Happens inwards Vegas, Stays inwards Vegas."
Excuse me, just this is suburban Singapore, a far proper name from political party town Vegas. At almost individual hither chews mucilage brought surreptitiously into the country. (Not me, I would never create that.)
Not to mention, nosotros rarely learn out the condo, sort of similar living inwards a Mormon chemical compound (ok, that's a slight exaggeration). But dorsum to the issue, you're inwards the 5th grade, why are nosotros fifty-fifty having this conversation?
Because that is the evil genius that is Alexander. He's my firstborn together with I dear him. But I would rather move shot inwards the human foot than abode schoolhouse him. And this is the argue why: reasoning alongside him is similar a mental cirque du soleil. He volition confuse you, modify the issue, purpose particular forces tactics.
And that's when it striking me, the summertime reading (pictured above) that seemed then casual together with harmless at the time...aha, perchance non then casual later on all.