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Is it just me? Or is every homeschool parent on a daily pencil scavenger hunt?
I swear, without fail, there’s always at least one pencil lying on the floor where we do schoolwork. You know, not in a pencil cup, not in a drawer, not even hidden under a notebook…but smack in the middle of the floor, like a tiny wooden protest. And every single day, without skipping a beat, I announce it: “Oh look! A pencil on the floor!” as though this hasn’t happened a hundred times before.
Yet, do my kids react? No. It’s like the pencil floor phenomenon is invisible to them. Do they pick it up? Occasionally. Do they put it back? Rarely. I can only assume they’re working on some elaborate pencil-losing experiment where one pencil after another is abandoned to the floor, each of them tossed aside like yesterday’s math homework.
Here’s the big mystery, though: when they lose a pencil, do they go searching? Do they wonder where that lone pencil wandered off to? Nope! It seems like they just grab another one as if pencils grow on trees. (Okay, technically they do, but you get my point.)
Maybe I’m behind the times, and kids today just don’t need pencils like they used to. But if that’s the case…then why do they insist on getting one in the first place? It’s as if each new pencil is destined for the floor from the moment it leaves the box. Is this just part of the homeschool experience? I need answers!
So, homeschool parents, I need to know: am I the only one dealing with a daily pencil dilemma, or is this a universal homeschooling truth? Let’s hear it—share your thoughts below!
