Kindergarten Dropout?

This morning I was listening from the other room as Dh and Littlewho were "doing school". Littlewho was sluggish and not very cooperative after staying up too late the night before.

Dh said "Alright, tell me the U.S. Presidents you know about." Littlewho sighed and started reciting (very slowly and with no enthusiasm), "Washington, George, wife was Martha *sigh*; Adams, John-2nd president; Madison, James-father of the constitution *bigger sigh*; Andrew Jackson-Old Hickory, 7th president. Dad, do I HAVE to do this?".

Dh said, "OK, let's do something different", and he had littlewho start writing his letters and it was immediately apparent that he was in no mood for assistance or correction. After a few minutes he threw down his pencil and said "I can't do it!".

Knowing how frustrated he was getting, Dh said, "Why don't you be the teacher? Teach me something". Littlewho eagerly said, "Do you know why God made the world, I mean, the grass and the trees and the flowers and stuff?" Dh replied "Well, I guess he was bored." Littlewho laughed and said "No silly, he wanted it to be nice and pretty for the people to live and be happy."

"Oh, I see", replied dh.

As I'm thinking about how sweet and angelic this child is his next question to dh was "Do you know why God made serial killers?".

Oh boy, new subject, please.

They went back to working on letters and their sounds; Littlewho still not in a good mood and I could tell by the tone of his voice he was getting really exasperated. I was getting ready to rescue him when I heard dh say, "Let's draw a picture-you draw a picture of me, the teacher, and I'll draw a picture of you, the student."

Littlewho loves to draw and was happily and intently keeping his work hidden from dh. When he was done and it was time to compare photos, I heard dh burst out laughing. While he had drawn a picture of a cute little boy with dimples and cowlicks, Littlewho had drawn a picture of his daddy with horns and fangs.