At the beginning of October, I posted about a rebus puzzle or frame puzzle ES had brought home from school for an extra credit assignment. This puzzle stumped me and my readers:
NEA$R
N$EAR
NE$AR
Then, a bit later I posted three easier puzzles, but nobody even nibbled.
O_ER_T_O_
HIJKLMNO
SICK BIRD
This past Wednesday, it was time for parent-teacher conferences. Thankfully, I had no concerns for ES's progress, but did want to mention his health issues to give his teachers (especially the morning ones) a heads-up. As I waited outside the math teacher's room, I noticed the puzzle answers hanging on the wall. Of course, the particularly perplexing one was on the side facing the board. Urgh!
So, after introducing myself, I asked if I could check the answers, since one puzzle had stumped us so much I had posted it on my blog. He chuckled, but graciously allowed me to turn the page over.
The answer was: Buccaneers! (buck in nears)
The answers for the other puzzles I offered were:
Painless operation
H2O
Illegal (Ill Eagle)
Unfortunately, this means I have NO WINNER for my giveaway. Thankfully, ES did win the 100 point bonus for getting the highest number of frame puzzles correct. Moreover, a few teachers informed me that ES had earned the highest score in the 7th grade (beaming as I write). However, it was a bit distressing to hear so many parents in the hall berating their kids for underachievement. I tell ES that I merely want him to give his best effort. He has given far more effort in middle school than he ever did in grade school, so I am guessing he is, by nature, a kid who is inwardly motivated by letter grades (and some schools want to do away with grades).
4 comments:
My folks would tell me and my brother what we needed to work on but would praise us for what we did well.
When I came out of my AS Levels with E's and U's, My Mum pointed out that it didn't matter her and Dad would stand by me whether I resat, left school or went to college.
They said the same to my brother when he finished his GCSE's - him adn school didn't really mix but he at least got to that point so he had enough qualifications for a job.
Oh, now I see the answers in the questions. LOL I actually tried the Operation one but couldn't come up with the answer.
Hannah - Glad you came back to check the answers. Sorry it took so long to get them up.
Kaci - I had to have a bit of a hint for SICK BIRD. My son said, "think about two other words for sick and bird and combine them." I do tend to enjoy those type of puzzles.
I totally missed this...but oh! how clever. I'm sharing these with the family at dinner tonight.
Thanks!
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