The Mad Bull’s Blog, Version 3

Someone said to me recently that if I model the behavior I wanted from MBJr., he would pick it up much faster than if I relied solely on punishments to get the behavior. Clearly there is something in what they say, because he does want to do the stuff that he sees me doing. Nowadays, whenever I sit down at the computer to type, MBJr. comes over and wants to type stuff too… Actually, the Smileys that are available on my blog have increased the pulling power.

Anyway, tonight, he and I spent the evening typing away on the blog… little does he know that most of what we wrote wasn’t posted. Eventually, he grew tired of typing (hunting and pecking will do that to you) and so he started to dictate stuff for me to write, leaving him to just add whichever smiley he thought was appropriate, at the points he thought they were best suited. Anyway, below is my son’s first post. He dictated this below, even down to the choice of smiley! He did write it, I swear!

Yesterday, it was really weird. I met a groovy girl in the fourth grade. she got an a-plus. I was sure she would like me, because I got an a-plus in all my tests. We started our friendship by going to the park, then we went to the fair.I won her a prize. It was a stuffed puppy. She was so surprised when she saw it that she was screaming by her bedside when she got home. She was screaming so loud that I bet people could hear her from a mile away! Well, that was an interesting day, but I’m still not sure if shes the right one for me.

I am proud, but at the same time, I wonder if I need to keep a closer eye, kna’mean? A first grader going out with a fourth grader? And whats all that screaming stuff? Hmmm…

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