Nick came home with Spanish homework. He had several worksheets to complete. He filled those out rather easily, but it was painstakingly time consuming. To help him study, we picked just a section to review. The easiest section was the days of the week.
At the top of the paper, I wrote the Spanish word for Monday, which is lunes. I told Nick to write Monday five times. I explained to Nick that he needs to learn how to write, say, and spell these Spanish words, including accents. Nick has a great memory, especially when concepts are repeated.
I came back a few minutes later to find that Nick had written Monday five times under lunes. I asked him, “Why?” Of course, I quickly answered, “Because that’s what I said. Isn’t it?” He shook his head yes.
How easily I forget. I naturally thought he’d understand to write lunes five times under lunes. However, that is NOT what I said. He followed what I said.
This just underscores how precise I have to be, especially now with Nick studying another language. Oh boy!
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