Does anyone have a copy of this book? My son has a homework assignment and he needs 5 examples of realism for chapters 5 through 8. He forgot to bring the book home and it’s been a few years since I read it.
We got through the 5 examples of fantasy all right, but are both stumped on the 5 examples of realism.
Can someone share with me what happened in those chapters to help jiggle my memory (and his)? He is 12, BTW.
I couldn’t think what to do and decided to turn to my trusty Dope. 
Maybe I’m just old and stodgy, but I say let him takes his lumps. He was responsible for bringing home whatever materials were needed to complete the assignment. He failed to do so. His lack of responsibility; his consequences. Kid’s gotta learn.
While I agree with Q.E.D., I’ll also drop a hint that googling A Wrinkle in Time teacher’s guide gets you a whole lot of info on the book, some of it broken down by chapter.
We don’t answer homework questions, and we certainly don’t encourage cheating.
Jeez, relax everyone! We don’t know MANY pertinent details - like whether purple haze’s kid is a straight A student who just happened to forget his book this one time, or what. We just don’t know enough.
What we do know is this — purple haze is his parent. And it’s his/her problem to make sure he turns out. Not ours.
My mother would have crawled through mud and burned down the school doors to make sure that I actually did my homework - and despite her helping me with my homework whenever I asked (or cheating - as some of you consider it) I turned out just fine. Stable, adjusted, well-educated and off on my own now.
I mean, come on! Lesson learned for the kid. And talking over the book with your mom to do your best IS (a) a learning experience, and (b) making do with what you have - which you sometimes have to do in life. Plus, that 12 year old gets the benefit of knowing that his mom will support him through thick and thin - that can be important for some kids and crippling for others. It’s up to the individual parent (in this case, purple haze) to customize their child’s upbringing — giving them a helping hand sometimes if needed — in order to maximize their potential.
All that aside, I think WhyNot’s link is probably your best bet at this stage.
Which is exactly the reason we don’t do homework here. Everything else you said is irrelevant in the face of this.
You know, I like you as a poster, Q.E.D., and I respect your views, but I think you (and treis) were out of line in this thread. There’s a difference between not doing someone’s homework for them and piling on about how their kid should “take his lumps” or “we don’t encourage cheating.”
You could have just ignored this thread. You could have said, “Hey, the SDMB has a policy against homework.” Or, even better - you could have pointed to a helpful link (a la WhyNot) without actually doing the homework for them.
I just don’t think there was any need for moral judgments or parenting lessons.
I’m as opposed as anyone to “Do my homework for me” threads, but it seems to me that “Can someone share with me what happened in those chapters to help jiggle my memory (and his)?” is a bit short of that. I would lend a hand, except I’m not actually sure where my copy is at the moment (I think I must have leant it to someone).
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Thanks.
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Moved to CS.
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What if this is a parent-child serial-killing team that wants to inflict horrible tortures based on Chapters 5 through 8 of the book on the poor, hapless hitchhiker they have chained up in their basement? Do we really want to make it easier for them to do so? Do we?
I do. The serial killing gig needs a little jazzing up, if you ask me.
Daniel