I have not been that good - A 6-year-old's letter to Santa

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:43 pm

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tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:44 pm

Wow! If I were Santa, I'd write him back and ask him to take lessons on how to write...and lower expectations.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:30 am

Got to give the kid points for an honest self-appraisal.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:43 am

tubaguy9 wrote:Wow! If I were Santa, I'd write him back and ask him to take lessons on how to write...and lower expectations.

Well,
A) He IS in first grade, and only 6 years old. So, at least he can sort of spell and write in sentences. Some of the phonetics may be off due to a speech disability from being near-deaf the first 2+ years of his life. The backwards S is a common mistake among early writers and not necessarily a sign of dyslexia if the majority of letters and words are normal.

B) He isn't getting most of the stuff on the list. This was a classroom project and what one kid wants, everybody wanted. You know how it goes. Two discount GameCube games, a Ben Ten watch, a soft tip dartboard, and a couple of Spiderman toys are probably about it, plus a couple of things from grandpa.

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:27 pm

MartyNeilan wrote:
tubaguy9 wrote:Wow! If I were Santa, I'd write him back and ask him to take lessons on how to write...and lower expectations.
Well,
A) He IS in first grade, and only 6 years old. So, at least he can sort of spell and write in sentences. Some of the phonetics may be off due to a speech disability from being near-deaf the first 2+ years of his life. The backwards S is a common mistake among early writers and not necessarily a sign of dyslexia if the majority of letters and words are normal.

B) He isn't getting most of the stuff on the list. This was a classroom project and what one kid wants, everybody wanted. You know how it goes. Two discount GameCube games, a Ben Ten watch, a soft tip dartboard, and a couple of Spiderman toys are probably about it, plus a couple of things from grandpa.

Yeah...maybe I was a bit harsh...But what's the deal with the random "Reindeer" at the end?

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:59 pm

tubaguy9 wrote:Yeah...maybe I was a bit harsh...But what's the deal with the random "Reindeer" at the end?

Your guess is as good as mine!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:51 pm

Aw, c'mon! Give him the dirty bike!