My daughter is in third grade. One of her homework pages was a test of general knowledge: What are the names of the five Great Lakes? Which months have 30 days? What are the colors of the rainbow? (I’m not sure how she is supposed to know these things, but at least she knows that Google knows.)
She struggled with every one of these questions until she got to one that asked: “What are the three R’s?”
“That one is so easy,” she said. And she proceeded to write in her answer:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
That, in a nutshell, sums up how much things have changed since I was her age.
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Does anyone from Connecticut remember Ray Cycle in the early 90s that would come to elementary schools and sing a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle song?
That is sad. It gives you an idea of priorities in schools these days.
Am I showing my age if I say that “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” are the only three R’s I’ve ever known?
I thought the three Rs were Reading, Riting and Rithmatic?
That is awesome! Congrats on the way you’re raising your daughter.
We learn that too.
In Senior High School
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Pretty smart… at least these three begin with R.
Presumably she isn’t supposed to know; she’s supposed to find out, which is surely a much more useful skill.