So I blogged a few days ago about how SD12 is struggling and failing in a social studies class. She refused to ask me for help and would wait until DH got home to ask for help. Her idea of help was having DH give her the answers.
That caused an argument between DH and I. So after blogging here, I talked to DH again. I helped him understand and see that SD was using him to get answers and finally he is seeing it and so far he has stopped giving answers and just helping her find the answer herself and helping her understand the assignment. I told him that I thought she was actually doing work for all the hours in her room. I really thought she was, she had papers and books all spread out on her desk and "looked" busy. I guess it was a huge front. Ugh. Anyway..So the day after I blogged, I took it upon myself to check out her homework. She finally told me she needed help and I helped her with a math paper. I figured out the problems in my head and then asked her how she thinks it could be solved. After a few go arounds of "Uhhh Ummm, Hmmmm..Uhhhh" She got the idea that I wasn't going to give her the answer, but help her with strategies to get the answer on her own. While SD12 and I are at our kitchen table, DD8 walks in and is fussing about how she doesn't want to do her homework because she already knows the material. I tell her that homework is important and that if she thinks it's so easy then it shouldn't take long at all for her to finish it. She tells me that she doesn't want to do it and as she is saying this she notices SD12's math sheet and takes interest. We were kidding around and I told her if she doesn't like her homework then she could do SD's. As. A. Joke.

Our BD8 picks up the paper, grabs a scratch sheet and does the damn problem on the scratch paper. I was only joking with her and was hoping by showing her the difficult math SD is doing, dd would be happy with her own homework. Nope, it back fired on me. dd does the problem and hands the paper to me with a big ol' smug grin on her face. :jawdrop:

So, SD is finally doing her work on her own without DH giving her the answers and I've learned just how intelligent my little girl is. I knew she was quick and bright and how much she loves math and science, but I didn't know just how much she really knew.