Home Schooling (H/D, PG)

[sesheta66]

Title: Home Schooling
Author: sesheta_66
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 190
Pairing/Characters: Harry/Draco, Stephen (their son)
Challenge: slythindor100's Double Entendre Fun, Friday Edition - I was tagged by softly_sweetly with the prompt "For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction." It also fits my GJ 100_prompts table #057 - "Young."
Summary: Harry is a bit bewildered at what Draco is teaching their son.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. They belong to JK Rowling and her publishers. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.



"And what is Newton's third law of motion?" Draco asked.

"For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction," Stephen replied.

"Very good," continued Draco. "Now what does that mean?"

"What on earth are you teaching our son, Draco?" Harry interrupted.

"Newton's laws of motion, Dad," Stephen told Harry. "Well, the first and the third one anyway. Pop says the second one is a hard concept to grasp, and I'm a bit young yet for that." He beamed at Draco.

"And why," Harry continued, looking sceptically at his husband, "might you be teaching our son physics?"

"Surely you don't expect him to start at Hogwarts completely uneducated?" Draco asked incredulously.

"Of course not, but I thought you might be more inclined to teach him spells and potions rather than Muggle science."

"It's all education, and despite my former misgivings about all things Muggle, there have been some valuable contributors, such as Newton."

"I don't know, Draco. Isn't that still a bit much for him?"

"Would you rather I teach him what Lucius taught me before school?" Draco asked, lifting an eyebrow in challenge.

"Right," Harry acknowledged. "Carry on, then."



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Comments

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, I love Draco's last retort. ;D

Actually, I think the second law of motion is quite logical... it's the third one that always confused me, in terms of relating it to practical application. *is trying to remember high school science* :*

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Go Draco!

And yeah, the third one is difficult to relate, but the concept itself is something that can be introduced at a younger age in its basic form (e.g. if you push your arms forward against a wall, your body moves backwards with the same amount of force as you are exerting on the wall, only in the opposite direction, unless another force [e.g. something is behind you] interferes).

I think the second one would be too advanced (e.g. formulas, math) to introduce too early, though the concept seems far more applicable and 'logical'.

At least that's kinda how I see it.

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Mmm, that is true I guess. The third one used to confused me, because in relation to walking along the floor (for example) I could never figure out what the 'opposite reaction' was. :/

But you're right, the second formula only makes sense once you've done a few years of maths and algebra, which I don't think Stephen has... but look, you've written another learning fic! I'm recalling high school science thanks to you, and prettyhairs has definitely learnt something. :D

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Funny, but when I resigned, my boss immediately told me I should go into teaching. :o)

Apparently she missed the part about writing. *shrugs*