exam fever

the stress is on at home as exam season sneaks in. i've taken away all tv priviledges for 2 weeks in the hopes of creating a more condusive environment. but i'm not a witch, she gets to watch tv when her brothers come home in the evening and on weekends ... but restricted nonetheless.

unfortunately, my first born is not what you'd call exam-savvy. what she is tho, is street smart.

i told her in the morning to complete a math assessment paper yesterday. in the afternoon she called me :

AG : mom, it's not that i don't want to do my math assessment paper ah, but i've found an assessment book you bought earlier this year, can i do that instead?
me : why, the paper is easier to do, besides i went thru it this morning.
AG : but mom, it's not that i don't want to do the math paper, but the book looks more interesting.
me : ok ok, as long as you do a chapter. do you know what a chapter looks like?
AG : a chapter has numbers right? ... i really want you to know that it's not that i don't want to do my math paper ok ... it's just that the book looks fun. can i pls do the book.
me : ok honey (actually happy that she thinks homework can be fun)

when i got home, i found that she did only 4 sums on 2 pages. she spent the rest of the day drawing pictures and napping. grrrrr