When Boy Genius Just Wants To Go To Recess

Gabriel came home today with some of his school work from the past week, which I like to look through to see what he's learning, how he's doing, and where we might need to spend some extra time (which rarely happens since he's a really good student). He has been learning about writing lead-ins to stories, articles, etc. They are learning what to include so that people know right off what you're writing about and want to keep reading. So they were asked to pick a couple of topics and for each, write an interesting lead-in, and then a boring lead-in. Gabriel chose Lions for one topic, and Mandarin Oranges for his second. He wrote really good lead-ins for both, including some interesting facts and details. I turned the page to read his boring lead-in.

He wrote 18 lines.

He wrote the word "Blah" 72 times.