Ignorance

I was (finally) cleaning off the dining room table and all the papers that have piled up there since school started two weeks ago. I started to throw this away, but (like the good mom that I am) I decided to actually read it first. And then I decided to keep it.

Because it's funny.

(The following is an in-class assignment William did for his new fourth grade teacher.)

Directions: Choose a word from the abstract noun list. Look up the word so that you understand the meaning of the word. Then write a short story personifying your word.

Today, Ignorance jumped out of a 3rd story at a fancy hotel and fell on a sumo wrestler. Later that day Ignorance put dynamite in the ladies bathroom. Even later that day, Ignorance ran around in his underpants and a towel on his back. Ignorance is so stupid.


What a hilarious boy...I couldn't be more proud.

P.S. Oh, and then in Henry's pile, I found a picture he drew with a caption.

The caption reads: "My favorite thing is TV." The picture is of a big black box and next to it is a blue couch with a boy and a remote.

Henry, Henry, Henry...Less honesty, please, my dear. --TV can be your favorite thing, but you should saaaaay it's BOOKS. --Sheesh. I've got a lot to teach that child. ;^)