| are a parent of a school going child, you will be bound | | | | Flow Meters Are Used For? |
| to be studying along with your child every day. You | | | | One Friday morning, my son got me breakfast in bed |
| will have more tension than he/she has when the | | | | and then asked me permission to go on a fishing trip |
| exams are around the corner and, needless to say, | | | | with his friends over the weekend. I agreed because |
| you will know "your" lessons better. Though I | | | | I found it so sweet that he had taken the trouble to |
| consider myself a very straight forward disciplinarian, | | | | make me breakfast when he could have asked |
| I could never have the heart of saying no to my son, | | | | without going to such lengths to please me. I always |
| when he asked me to help him with his studies. | | | | gave in and he knew. My mom used to quote a |
| What "Help" Means When It Is In Context With | | | | saying, "When someone butters you, get prepared |
| Homework | | | | for the bite." The bite came alright! |
| The meaning of "help" in the dictionary of a child is | | | | Just before leaving a bit too casually, he requested |
| very different from what you will find in the | | | | me to write a short assignment on air flow meters |
| Webster's Dictionary. When your child asks for help, | | | | for Monday Physics class. I never suspected that I |
| if you are wise, you will go and do some overtime in | | | | would have to work the whole weekend to fulfill this |
| the office. If not, you will find yourself studying the | | | | promise, but that is exactly what I had to do. Being |
| subject so you could write the homework | | | | an Arts student, I had no inclination on what the |
| assignment, just like I found myself doing regularly | | | | term, 'air flow meter' could mean. So, I got his |
| every weekend. | | | | Physics book and tried to educate myself. |
| Since my son was exceptionally brilliant in Physics, he | | | | After reading the lesson maybe the 20th time, I |
| took it as a major subject with Math and Chemistry | | | | found that I still did not know what an air flow meter |
| is the minor. He omitted Biology as he found it | | | | was or what it was used for, let alone write an |
| disgusting. I, just to set the record straight, was an | | | | assignment. Lastly, when I realized that I was beaten |
| Arts student throughout with a Gold Medal in a | | | | (thank God), I called an engineer friend who |
| Masters of Philosophy degree in English. I was good | | | | completed the assignment on air flow meters in just |
| at writing - but I, of course, had my limitations which | | | | under 45 minutes. |
| became very evident to me one day. | | | | Who says that parenting is a piece of cake? |
| What Is An Air Flow Meter? Do You Know What Air | | | | |