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).
My folks would tell me and my brother what we needed to work on but would praise us for what we did well.
ReplyDeleteWhen 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.
ReplyDeleteHannah - Glad you came back to check the answers. Sorry it took so long to get them up.
ReplyDeleteKaci - 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks!