This Is So Curious and Odd

“Dad, do you think I am a dolichocephalic?” “I’m busy,” his father replied. “You do not have to sound euphoric,” the six-year-old said. The state inspector closed his notebook and tiptoed out, satisfied. He had been sent to this home to see if these parents were on track home-schooling their first grader. Two days later the parents receive an accommodation letter with a request that they please also home-school the state inspector’s six-year-old child. “This is so curious and odd,” the mother said. “Berserk,” the father added. “Maybe he had a mental breakdown?” the child guessed. None of them realized that other first graders are learning sight words.