Sir, When my efforts to help our ten-year-old daughter with her maths homework were met with “what do you know about it?”, I told her that I had a maths degree. She gave me a withering look, and replied: “Well, you couldn’t get one now.”

William Lack,
Pontesbury, Derbyshire.
Letter to the Times, 24 March 2010.
Many thanks to Mel for permission to use her LO as illustration.

6 responses to “Out Of The Mouths Of Babes”

  1. Ha. I love it. And I love that you featured Mel's cool layout here too. :o)

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  2. 🙂
    That's a good one!

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  3. I could believe that – when I look at Emily's maths homework I do sometimes wonder how much longer I'll be able to help her ;o)

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  4. Still smiling…..:-) Hugs

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  5. that is soooo funny! Exactly the sort of thing my 2 would say!

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