Midterms and Chocolate

Imagine my surprise when I opened WonderBoy's backpack last week to find a barrage of paperwork that made my knees weak.

It wasn't the usual stuff.

I had to sit down.

I read it and re-read it.

It said (in an ironically cheerful font that was clearly laughing at me):

MIDTERMS are here!

Welcome to 5th Grade.

I had no idea. None. None at ALL!

In that second, I was magically transported back to

my own (seemingly never-ending) school days.

It was BACK;

that old familiar

sick to my stomach, there just isn't enough time, why didn't I pay better attention and take better notes

feeling.

It took up residence right where it used to live in the pit of my belly.

It's as if it never left.

And now I am re-living it.

I'm not ready.
No one warned me.

What's worse; I have to rely on his notes to help him study.
Let's just say he's not exactly the highlighter, multiple color, ruler-using notetaker that I was in my heyday.

(I actually had fellow students hover over me when I took notes and offer to pay me for my notes in grad school.

That was way before computers were in the classrooms and outlines were online...who am I kidding...that was before the internet!)

So...anyway, we are in full on study mode for the next two weeks.
I'm trying to impart my very best study habits on the young Grasshopper in hopes that he will understand the value of studying and the rewards of doing well academically.

So, I've set the stage:
Prepared the master study plan (he has 5 midterms in total over 10 days)

Color coded the different subjects on the calendar
Made cordinated folders housing our study guides and mock exams
Been talking about how we'll tackle the studying all week together and

what rewards he can set his sights on if he does well on all of them

(I will accept a B or better but he earns extra points for A's)

And, of course, I have impressed upon him the

most important staple in any study routine......

CHOCOLATE.

WonderBoy has embraced my tried and true

Studying with Chocolate Study Plan wholeheartedly.

It's a beautiful thing.

Step One:

Prepare the chocolate













Step Two:

Let the studying BEGIN!