#265
Rockstar: This is the answer.
Me: Wrong.
Rockstar: Wha-at.
Me: (annoyed, because I told him before) You can’t do that. If the first digit is smaller than the second in subtraction you can’t just –
Rockstar: What are you talking about?
Me: Oh. Sorry. You didn’t do that.
Rockstar: <Snort>
Me: Hold it. You don’t get to be smug yet. I’m still checking.
Rockstar: <Barely suppressed snort>
Me: Y-eah. Your answer is right. You can be smug now.
Rockstar: <SNORT> <SNORT>
Awhile later…
Rockstar: 60+10=70. That is so pathetic.
(I look at him in surprise)
Rockstar: <hurriedly> Easy! I just mean easy.
Still awhile later…
Me: That really is wrong. You just lost your smug card.
Rockstar: Who farted?
Me: Nothing stinks. Do your work.
Rockstar: HAR HAR HAR.
Rockstar messing around in our friend’s place
Good that Rockstar likes more challenging Maths questions. Clever children usually gets bored with Maths questions that are too easy for them.
Well… for these ones I think a lot of his classmates do these la… In this case I would replace “clever” with “smartypants” 🙂