Ben and I were doing some planning for November and December today. The topic of Geography came up. I have observed that Ben’s awareness of US geography is poor. I suggested that we will work on some basics – States, Capitals, Major Rivers, Mountains, etc. Ben immediately got quiet.
“What’s wrong?”
“Dad – when will I ever need to know that! I don’t plan on visiting other state capitals!”
I knew that this objection reflected his observation that learning these things would not be fun – even boring. I did not attempt to sell him on the value of knowing these things but rather focused my comment on the simple fact that everything we need to learn is not exciting to cover.
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