Holes

I got an email from the 8th grade reading teacher outlining an assignment that was due in a few days.  It was a book report of sorts.  The first checkpoint was either to tell about a favorite part of the book or a significant part of the book.  When I asked the 8th grader at my house about the assignment, he assured me that he was working on it.  I asked what book he was reading.  The answer:  "Holes."

Hmmm.  I seem to recall this same child reading that book in 2nd grade.  The conversation that followed went something like this:

Mom:  What part did you write about?
Son:  I wrote about X-ray's shovel being two inches shorter than everyone else's.
Mom:  Why was that important?
Son:  It shows the lengths they would go to get out of work.

Touche.

Looks like we might have another English Literature major on our hands.