School projects

[amilyn]

Do you know what school projects, like Build A Model Of The Solar System are good for?

• Fomenting family strife
  
• Costing families money
  
• Teaching children to procrastinate
  
• Teaching children to lie to their parents by omitting the existence of said project
  
• Getting paint all over things
  
• Making parents be Active Participants In Their Children's Learning (aka, contributing significantly to the final product)
  
• Helping parents develop the fortitude not to harm or end their children
  
• Producing debris that will be found all over the house for days
  
• Making Mommy miss Castle

Do you know what school projects are not (no matter WHAT the perky science teacher INSISTS "other families always say")???

FUN. Very Not Fun!

*grumble*

In other news, the ankle I didn't sprain (this time) is the one aching more.