Teaching Kids Simple Words: Bees

So we have to worry about our kids learning about Bees now?!

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Here is a translation if you have trouble reading the handwriting…

The question was: If you were a bee, would you be a worker, a drone or a queen? Why?

My 7 year-old child’s answer: If I were a bee, I would be a worker because I get to collect pollen and nectar.

He could have stopped there. But of course, Noooooooooo.

He went on to explain: I do not want to be a drone because it is kind of disgusting in a way. You help her by helping her lay eggs. The end.

The kid’s right though. A drone’s life is something you do not want to wish upon your worst enemies. (Oh who am I kidding? I am the exact kind of person that WILL wish these things upon my worst enemies)

“Should a drone succeed in mating it will soon die because the penis and associated abdominal tissues are ripped from the drone’s body at sexual intercourse.” Wikipedia (where lazy people come to find answers)

So die a horrible death or lead a long, sexless life. Which one would you choose?

41 thoughts on “Teaching Kids Simple Words: Bees

  1. Ry Sal

    because you know that the teacher purposely left out the whole sexless life dying alone bits… ON PURPOSE. I mean really. Teach it to the kid straight, right!!?! The End.
    .-= Ry Sal´s last blog…But now what worries me is this… =-.

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  2. Rachel

    I’m with Wicked Shawn above me … How could you NOT want to be a Queen Bee. I love licks! 🙂

    But ultimately, I love how genius your kid is 🙂

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  3. Andrea

    Oh, man, hahaha! That Monk really knows what’s going on — what a great perspective! And I love your use of wikipedia, “where lazy people come to find answers.” 🙂

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  4. Wicked Shawn

    Okay, I think Mr. Monk is fine, he’s totally got things under control.

    I am a little concerned about you though. Being licked as the Queen made you decide NOT to be the Queen? Ummm, clearly we need to have a heart to heart, or your husband needs to watch some new videos……bwahahahaha!!!!
    .-= Wicked Shawn´s last blog…The Art Of Porn =-.

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      Hey, no leaving comment to advocate porn and then have a new post called “The Art of Porn”! LMAO! I may have to wait till tonight to read it? Is it NSFW?! Damn! Can’t wait!!!!!!

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  5. Seer McRicketts-McGee

    My mother once said that bumble bees were the musk oxen of the insect world. I didn’t know she had that kind of creativity in her until that day.

    That aside, I’m a worker bee myself–I haven’t gotten any in ages. So I guess I chose the sexless one. Damn.
    .-= Seer McRicketts-McGee´s last blog…My heart is still breaking =-.

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      No no no. Think like me: First, do the Nelson laugh “ha ha”, then say to myself: Suckers! Guess who’s going to have a long life while you suckers get disembowled?! (No spell check. This is a word right?)

      Must Wikipedia “musk oxen”…

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  6. dufmanno

    I see this as a bigger issue.
    The drones, the worker bees, the queens all representative of society and your very smart child SEES this and takes the time to note that no one wants to be a drone.
    You need to give this kid George Orwells 1984 and watch him take over the world.
    Well, either that or the whole idea of the genitals getting ripped off while being disembowled may have put him off.
    But I choose to believe this child will change the world !
    .-= dufmanno´s last blog…A Special Brand of Wonderful =-.

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      LOL. Thanks for the vote of confidence. I hope the change is in the right direction. I mean, left. No, I mean the Better direction. 😉 This time I refrained: I did not tell him what I learned from Wikipedia. For all we know, it could be inaccurate, right? I mean, it’s Wikipedia!

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      I thought about being the Queen Bee, then I read somewhere that they are being licked all day by the nurse bees or something like that. Oh oh oh. Elly! You da Queen Bee?! LOL

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      I am grateful for the teachers (schools, edu. orgs.) trying to make lessons lively and interesting for the kids. But this one reminds me of the questions asked of the MFA Acting candidates that I heard: If you were a color, what color would you be? And this one, to this day still haunts me: Walk like a lettuce.

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