82 wpm

For those of you "in the know" you'd recognize wpm and immediately be thrown back to your middle school (jr. high) typing days.  WPM stands for Words Per Minute.  Last night Indy was telling me about his keyboarding class at school which brought back wonderful memories of my own "typing" class - a class where I reigned supreme in the Typing Hall of Fame.  Yes my awesome score was 82wpm.  Indy was intrigued and told me to follow him to the computer where he logged on to his school account and set up a little typing test for me.  I took a deep breath - debated backing out - then said "all right...here we go".  When I was finished the score flashed up ......

82wpm

Heck yes I did a massive victory dance around my boy and made him bow down and worsh-- just kidding but I did have him smiling big in awe of his mother.  Which made me think it's a good day when parents can put their kids back in line - show them how it's done.

So I told the story to my mother who was visiting here and no sooner had I finished the story then she told me about HER mother (Grandma Great) who threw down on a 100wpm.  100!!  Talk about being set DOWN.  I vowed right then and there to beat my 80-something grandmothers' record (life is long...perhaps next years resolution??)  She managed to finagle a scholarship with those awesome typing skillz and a wonderful job after high school.

Sometimes however - kids manage to put parents in line.  

Thank you lovely phone photo

Indy had a huge interactive body museum project due this week.  He teamed up with a partner and they put together an interesting "game".  Their subject was tendons and ligaments - so they thought they would strap huge pvc pipes to their legs (behind their knee caps) to give the feeling of "life without tendons and ligaments".  Then they bubble-wrapped the ends of two small pvc pipes to use as weapons and made a game of the first one who able to turn around, pick the weapon up (remember they have no tendons and ligaments in their legs because of the pvc impediment) and then smack the opponent - WINS!  

When the other parents and I first saw this demonstration we just stared blankly for a moment - then both inquired "what's the point"?  We were so lost as to how they were teaching about their subject and left the room assured they were going to BOMB.

Fast-forward to the day of the interactive museum.  As it turned out the boys had a massive line the ENTIRE time.  Non-stop beatings and kids lined up to experience life without joints and tendons.  I just sat there stunned.  Speechless.  Amazed.  They actually were extremely successful.
Sometimes kids can show their parents "how it's done"....