homeworkpatient

/ˈhəʊmwɜːkˈpeɪʃənt/adjectiveVerified New

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Describing the parent who can sit through long division at a kitchen table without becoming a different person.

The homeworkpatient breathe in fours and praise effort over speed, audibly. Their calm is tested weekly and holds, mostly, with one documented exception per term. Children trust their methods and exploit their patience, and the patient count the minutes to the day algebra replaces everyone's calm.

Etym. — homework + patient — the temperament of the kitchen-table tutor.

Rel. — homeworkplateau

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