Merit
Posted by dulwichmum on Tue 18 May 2010
As parents, we all like to claim that we are not competitive (rolls eyes to the left…).
When I Twittered recently that James was absorbed for two full days, completing a homework project for our seven year old baby girl, I had no idea of how many parents share my shame. Perfect man James, spent hours of his employer’s valuable time fashioning a diarama on the ancient Egyptians using an assortment of various sized cotton reels, some lollipop sticks and a very long pipe cleaner – OHMYGOD!
James pounced on Freya’s homework diary on Friday evening and jubilantly proclaimed that his toil had earned our chick a house merit point! How I mocked: the poppets should do their own homework naturellement (looks serious)!
This morning I trotted into school with the tiny infant to be greeted by International Economic Correspondent Dad: “I hear that James got the merit! I was just 2 marks behind him. I don’t mind losing out to a heavyweight like James.”
But sweetie, I chirped: “James has been in Athens for the last ten days. Apparently there has been some minor problem to sort out with the Euro. Freya did her homework herself, with a little help from our housekeeper Albina, and well (smirk) she is practically illiterate and Bulgarian is her first language”.
That wiped the smile off his face. How dare he cast aspersions on my poppet’s attainments?
James and I laughed like drains this afternoon as he commenced little Max’s homework; a papier mache Tudor banquet. My husband is incredibly talented with his hands (swoon)!
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Henrietta Pretty said,
hee hee. this really made me laugh. i’m yet to explore these kinds of delights, although the competitiveness obviously begins prenatally.
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Trish@ Mum's Gone to said,
Thank goodness for continual assessment in exams these days – Daddy can help out in all sorts of topics.
Mind you, it’s nothing new. My lovely father, an architect, once completed a colouring-in competition in the local newspaper for me when I was ten: I won a PaperMate pen for his efforts.
Daddy Papersurfer said,
Sometimes, just sometimes, I feel that James could turn me …….
Menopaausloldbag (MOB) said,
Parents are wonderful like that. My mother took great pains to read the conditions of my ASBO to me from her prison cell. She is particularly useful when I need to complete my benefit claims as I am unable to read or write. Where would I be without her eh? Magic.
Chic Mama said,
Haha….I know those comments well. If there was is an Easter bonnet to be made..it could not be made better by anyone other than me…a project…just ask me…
I’ve realised how competitive I am through my children. I can’t bear to lose to another mother! LOL. ;0)
Belgravia Wife said,
My sons go to a fairly chilled out London prep school not far from home. I live very close to a seriously HARD CORE London prep school and I see the rabid, crazy mothers on the way to our school. It must have been world outfit dress up day over at theirs today. I literally walked past a grown woman screaming at a very small boy dressed in 80 % of a sort of Chinese outfit ‘You have to wear your hat, you just have to, otherwise the outfit isn’t complete !!
Oh my xx
Marianne said,
Gosh, it’s competitive out there sweetie, but glad to see you are holding your own. God help the kids though!
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