Why Does Math Have to be so Difficult?

Ah yes, math homework. Definitely not my favorite but we do it daily at the Bartig household. Take note that Kate and I doing homework can be quite interesting since we think alike and our personalities can go head to head (currently mommy always wins but psychology 101 tells me I am not supposed to keep a score card so we'll just throw that out the door). And another piece of advice if anyone is listening...don't try to do homework on an empty stomach and always make sure you have "good" snacks on hand not boring ones like apples and oranges.

So Kate was completing her daily math homework of addition problems until the look of frustration came upon her. In all seriousness she threw down her hands, looked at me with disbelief and said, "I NEED TWELVE FINGERS!" "I can't do these math problems without more fingers!" Calmly, I respond to Kate by saying that God gave us only 10 fingers to use. She looked at her hands and said, "No, he gave us five fingers!" Um Kate, remember you are working on doubles right now...5+5=10. You have 10 fingers total. Kate grunts, looks at her hands and says, "Oh yeah, I have 10, but I really need twelve. I HAVE to use my fingers when doing math!"

Stay tuned for more finger dilemmas...