Applying Meanings: Obedience

School doesn't start until tomorrow, but my oldest already has math and vocabulary homework from meeting his teacher the other day. He did really well, but there was one question he answered that jumped out at me (the boxes with 'x' represent his answers):

Applying Meanings Directions: Circle the letter of each correct answer to the question below. A question may have more than one correct answer:

4. Which of the following usually learn obedience?

[x] (a) dogs [x] (b) soldiers [ ] (c) cats [ ] (d) children

No wonder parenting is such an up-hill battle.

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Maddy said…
Hah! My daughter is trying to train the cat to 'sit' with the bribery of cat treats. Promises to take quite a while!
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8:10 PM
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