So he has to write an essay on 'the past is more important than the present or the future'. I'm getting tied up in knots trying to argue both sides. He's 11... I was thinking of maybe a story, and then tie it in at the end, like his dog died but he remembered all the happy times - but that doesn't make the past more important does it. Oh god I'm going round in circles - he doesn't have a clue what to write. I was trying to get him started. I told him to go off and think about it. It's not helping that it's Sunday and we've had a hard week of homeschooling and work and it just feels never-fuckin-ending or work and cook and clean blah blah blah. When is the fun!