Sep 22, 2008

High Fallutin Edumacation

Today in school, Mini me wrote a poem.

We've been using the poem/song "America" in his language lessons for the last week. Today we learned about rhyming scheme and meter, and part of his lesson was to make his own list of rhyming words using the same scheme. Then see if he could make up sentences using the same meter (syllable count) as "America."


So, at the risk of being carted off for providing a lousy education for my kid, I thought I would share his pithy poem with some of my closest friends: you.


(Read as if singing the song, you know, "My country 'tis of thee....")



Hello, can you see me?
I like to drink sweet tea.
Do you like beef?

Star Wars has got a Luke,
He makes me want to puke.
Darth Vader wants to duke...
wants to be chief.



Ta da!!


No amount of tax dollars can pay for that.

18 comments:

Jodie | Velour said...

What an accomplished child!

Any child who can turn "America" into "Do you like beef?" and commentary on Star Wars gets my seal of approval!

He's AWESOME! :)

Meg in Tally said...

What Jodie said.

Go, Mini Me!!!

Edie said...

Oh that is so adorable! Yes, I like Beef. lol Yay Mini Me!

Deb Burton said...

I think your son and mine were cut from the same cloth. ;-)

Chel said...

Now DAT is vonderful!!! You squeeze him and tell him his aunt chel loves him! but why do ya gotta be so rough on Luke? I always liked him! lol

Chel's Leaving a Legacy said...

Aunt Chel, Luke really is his fave character...but he just couldn't resist the fact that Luke rhymed with puke~~go figure.

:-)

Jackie said...

I wish I could express to you how hard I am laughing right now. That is stinkin' AWESOME. My favorite is, Do you like beef? because of the seeming randomness. Love this kid!

Elle said...

Oh this is why I love my blog so I can record things like this , that I would have forgotten
too good

Greg C said...

I am speachless. My kids never stop amazimg me either. Every night it is something new. :)

Michele Williams said...

Your so funny! You did better than I could do.

Cortni said...

That is fantastic!!!!! I love the "Do you like beef?" Awesome!!! lol

Anonymous said...

Well done mini me!!! I always new you had talent. Great job. I cant wait to read the next one. Ya gave me a good chuckle. Just too cute.
Love you! Mamaw.

Gwendolyn said...

I love this...what a talented child! I'll be singing this all day...

Oh, and thank you so much for visiting my blog!

Admin said...

Now there's talent! Great poem, great rhymes!

Thanks so much for the e-Mealz suggestion! I just signed up and printed out my first week!!!

Shonda said...

I love it! I like to see what the boys come up with in home school assignments. Well, now I only have one as one already graduated.

BTW--thanks for stopping by and joining my little group of friends. Now I'm on yours. Just love the blogging world!

Engrafted by His Grace--

Angela said...

Ok, I hate to tell you this, but the first stanza is plagiarized. I know this because it's the bumper sticker I have on my car.
Too funny!

2nd Cup of Coffee said...

Everyone loves a musical.

Unknown said...

Gotta love a boy that likes sweet tea with his beef. Too cute.