Homeschooling is a dirty job

But somebody's gotta do it.

Already starting off the morning with an attitude. Some people (and by people, I'm currently referring to Jack) do not realize what the tone of voice they're using tells others. I try to be helpful, and offer suggestions, and I get that sing-songy "Okaaay!", full of irritation. This kid is never going to figure out (at least it seems like it) that all he has to do is think about how he is going to say something before it comes out. How you speak affects how others view you, hear you, react to you. He doesn't get it. Or doesn't want to. Partly both, but I do think more of the first. So when I point out how he is speaking, he finds that very offensive and then he gets angry. So what was just irritation minutes before, has now become (literally) a hand to the face- as in, "Talk to the hand!". All I can say is that he's damn lucky I'm his teacher right now... even if I am disliking my job at the moment, and literally counting down the days until we can call this year DONE.