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I have not been that good - A 6-year-old's letter to Santa
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:43 pm
by MartyNeilan
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:44 pm
by tubaguy9
Wow! If I were Santa, I'd write him back and ask him to take lessons on how to write...and lower expectations.
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:30 am
by tubatooter1940
Got to give the kid points for an honest self-appraisal.
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:43 am
by MartyNeilan
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.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:27 pm
by tubaguy9
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?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:59 pm
by MartyNeilan
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!
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:51 pm
by windshieldbug
Aw, c'mon! Give him the dirty bike!
