A Rose by any other name....

Quotes and oneliners are a big thing in our house at the moment thanks to PJs English Teacher.



We're almost at the end of Yr 7 and PJs homework is to learn "something from Shakespeare to do at the end of term"


Don't you just love it when they listen and come home with the full story! Lol!


So, the ensuing discussion revolved in an everlasting circle about what she knew about Shakespeare, exactly WHAT her Teacher had said and whether she had to do a monologue ("A What?") or learn a dialogue with a partner.


I wouldn't mind, but she's supposed to be one of the more able in her year, considers herself good at English and is always raved about by the staff whenever I go up to school!



Anyway, it got me thinking about things we say that children may not fully understand, but don't want to admit.

The first is my DD4's understanding of my Father dying. We'd taken her to see him when he was first ill, as they were very close. Then we'd carefully explained that 'Grandad was very ill and his body was so poorly he couldn't use it anymore and so he died' (he had a massive - undiagnosed until it was too late - brain tumour) She seemed to accept this and, having discussed it at school with her teacher (a long standing former colleague of mine) she came home to tell me that "grandad is in Heaven and he can see me when I do things!"

Then, a few weeks later we got in the car to travel to a near by town (Hemel Hempstead, known to us as "Hemel") CJ was all excited. "Will we see Grandad?"
Grandad? I wondered, as my DH's Father lives at the other end of the country!
"Yes, Grandad that died. He's in Hemel, that's why he can't visit us anymore!"
DD12 rolled her eyes and said "You mean Heaven?"
"Yes!" says DD4, quite indignantly! "That's what I said!"

So, watch this space for a growing list, and the fun I have explaining!