Thread: Juxtaposition

It's funny watching children grow up. they are at once The brightest and dumbest, the sweetest angels and meanest devils. I could go on but those of you who have children know exactly what I am talking about.
Let me illustrate for those who do not have kids or do not understand:
My seven year old is a rather bright boy. I did not realize how bright until a 12 year old neighbor girl came over and insisted on reading to our children. As I listened it became very clear that Joshua, my seven year old, not only read better than she did but understood at a much higher level than her. That was a year ago. fast forward to 2 days ago: my boy asks me, "What does ETC mean?" I explain the definition and then ask him to give me the context, so he starts reading the paragraph out of what he is reading and it dawns on me that he is reading Thomas Bulfinch's "The Golden Age of Myth & Legend "This kid is learning far too quickly" I think to myself with just a touch of fatherly pride. After a short time he asks me what brief means. I say "Read it in context" He does but this time its from "Perrault's Fairy tales. "Wow" I think to myself "My boy is really something!" I go to the back room to see whats happening on SRP thinking about bragging to all of you how bright my boy is when I hear, THUNK.....THUNK.....THUNK..... " Joshua, whats that racket? Stop that!" THUNK.....THUNK..... "Joshua, stop that right now!" THUNK....THUNK.... I get up to see whats going on and there is Joshua trying to shut the front door...over and over, but he can't because the deadbolt is in the out position! It never once occured to him to pull the dead bolt in. So smart and yet so far to go.

heh, he sounds like a good kid.

Typical.

My little boy was playing a game with me where he would reach for something in my hands and then I'd pull away.

After doing this twice he'd decided he had enough of it. So instead of reaching for the object, he just grabbed my hand with the one hand and then took the object out of my hand with the other one.

Clever little bugger for someone who's less (at the time) than a year old.

did the door trim make it out alive?

Hey dad! Some of grew up to be mechanics and some of us grew up to be translators. I was never that good with deadbolts either.

My boy was given a piece to play on his guitar by his teacher -- it's the first piece he has had to play where two strings are plucked simultaneously (i.e. a bass part and a melody). The slow progress is driving him (and me) nuts, as he struggles to get his fingers into the right positions and coordination.

After the usual guitar practice last night, we played Wii together as is our custom. Suddenly his fingers become a blur as he hits the most amazing button combinations, wrist flicks and hand movements and spanks me into oblivion on Mario Kart.

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

did the door trim make it out alive?

Well its a double door and there is a cheap little plastic strip on the one you wouldn't open regularly so yeah, it survived!

Sounds like you may have a writer or teacher on your hands. Your offspring may need some tutelage if he wants to be an engineer.

This one sure seems to have the gift-of-gab:
Are women born this way? - Snotr

Hehe. A smart kid will fit a round peg into the round hole. But a determined kid will get a square peg into the round hole. Sounds like your boy is a bit of both.