Overeducated
I rue the day I sent my oldest kid to college,
for ever since he’s been deluging us with knowledge.
From “dermatones” to other concepts we can’t grasp,
his pedestrian lectures make us want to gasp.
He uses words archaic since majoring in Chaucer,
ostentatiously positioning his “cuppe” in his saucer.
He bores us all to death when his golf club raises turf.
He doesn’t raise a divot. Instead he cuts a kerf!
Constantly, he leaves us in a state of consternation
simply by engulfing us in too much information.
Prompt words today are dermatone, tear, archaic, kerf and pedestrian. Illustration thanks to Muhammad Rizwan on Unsplash.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Reblogged this on About the Jez of It and commented:
Well worth reading with a cup of tea, Judy nails that parent dilemma as our young’uns become adults
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Familiar situation. Our younger son (the adopted one) is now working on his doctorate, following in the footsteps of my older one.
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Ha! A fun one!
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I’ve this so much 💜😞
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At first I thought you were going to write about Gratz comments😂
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Sweet Post Judy! Hey, I am wondering if you still are not receiving my emails. You’re always so prompt about returning and I haven’t heard rom you. I am wondering if you need me to bring anything when I come on May 24.
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I’ll check, Jane. My email has been kicking people I’ve had on my contacts list for years into junk mail. No, I don’t need anything..Just you.
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So, I should probably have your cellphone number. The one I have is (331)860-5304. When I tried to text you it came back that the number was a landline. In case you don’t have my cell, it is 831/246-0492.
J
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This made me smile. I particularly like “cuppe” since I studied Chaucer in the original Middle English in college. Your rhymes are always so good.
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I took all the middle English and old English courses I could. Loved Chaucer so had to drag him into it.
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