9 more days to school starts. I'm excited, the kids are excited. This summer has been a good, relaxing one, with not too much stress. The only thing I wish is that our camping trip to Hershey with the scouts wasn't cancelled.....BUT, it was supposed to be this weekend that just past, and it has been the only weekend that has rained a bit, in a while, so I guess it was a good thing.
We've been trying to prepare Johnny for good behavior in school, in the classroom AND the playground, LOL He's a good kid, but gets a little too competitive during recess. So, hopefully this summer he's matured and I'll have no worries this year. I did notice that this weekend he was very emotional, so I wrapped him up in a towel (he was outside swimming) and brought him inside and talked to him. I think all of our talking was making him nervous for school to start, so we've let off the good behavior talks and are just gonna let him finish his summer without hearing all of our wisdom.
We (his father and I) are also a little disappointed that he won't be in L.U. this year. After talking to other parents, at least 5 of them were not asked back and we are wondering, then, WHO was asked back, LOL. A girlfriend of mine is friends with their teacher from last year, and she is very surprised that some of these kids were not asked back, as they were some of the top scorers in the grade, district-wide (about 400 kids). We (the parents of these kids) have decided that it was their attitude that did not get them asked back. When it came time to journaling, their books all looked the same. Instead of discussing the *educational* things they learned that day, the entries resembled this..."I don't know what to write today" "LU is fun" "Why are you retiring this year?" "LU was exciting today" After many times fighting with my son (and the other parents fighting with theirs) to expand their ideas, or even giving them suggestions on what to write, I and others gave up and stopped pushing them. Was that right? I don't think it was, but guess what, it's over and done with now.
John and his friends have all said, independantly, that they don't care that they aren't in LU this year, so although the class work and experiments were interesting and fun, they didn't want to do all the *busy* work. We've also heard that their 3rd grade teacher is good, but tough, so we don't know what we are getting into with her, and there is two new teachers in LU this year, and who knows what that program would hold for the kids as well...... One of the parents called the new teacher and she said to appeal the decision......we could do that too, but, given what I said about the unknowns this year and how John feels, I think we'll just let it go....
Good news is, just because they were not asked back in 3rd grade does not eliminate them from the program forever.
Steffi is very excited for this year, and I've been told she WAS in LU, so I can compare the *old* 2nd grade program to the *new* program (due to the teacher replacements)
Thomas is seeming like he wants to go to preschool, but since this will be his first regular extended absence from me, we shall see.....He is, at least, familiar with the preschool as he watched John and Steffi go there for 2 years. I think he'll be fine :-)
Wow, what an entry, huh. I think I might be blogging on a *regular* basis again......but it's gonna be for me, and my rambling needs. Just getting stuff off my chest, in life
We've been trying to prepare Johnny for good behavior in school, in the classroom AND the playground, LOL He's a good kid, but gets a little too competitive during recess. So, hopefully this summer he's matured and I'll have no worries this year. I did notice that this weekend he was very emotional, so I wrapped him up in a towel (he was outside swimming) and brought him inside and talked to him. I think all of our talking was making him nervous for school to start, so we've let off the good behavior talks and are just gonna let him finish his summer without hearing all of our wisdom.
We (his father and I) are also a little disappointed that he won't be in L.U. this year. After talking to other parents, at least 5 of them were not asked back and we are wondering, then, WHO was asked back, LOL. A girlfriend of mine is friends with their teacher from last year, and she is very surprised that some of these kids were not asked back, as they were some of the top scorers in the grade, district-wide (about 400 kids). We (the parents of these kids) have decided that it was their attitude that did not get them asked back. When it came time to journaling, their books all looked the same. Instead of discussing the *educational* things they learned that day, the entries resembled this..."I don't know what to write today" "LU is fun" "Why are you retiring this year?" "LU was exciting today" After many times fighting with my son (and the other parents fighting with theirs) to expand their ideas, or even giving them suggestions on what to write, I and others gave up and stopped pushing them. Was that right? I don't think it was, but guess what, it's over and done with now.
John and his friends have all said, independantly, that they don't care that they aren't in LU this year, so although the class work and experiments were interesting and fun, they didn't want to do all the *busy* work. We've also heard that their 3rd grade teacher is good, but tough, so we don't know what we are getting into with her, and there is two new teachers in LU this year, and who knows what that program would hold for the kids as well...... One of the parents called the new teacher and she said to appeal the decision......we could do that too, but, given what I said about the unknowns this year and how John feels, I think we'll just let it go....
Good news is, just because they were not asked back in 3rd grade does not eliminate them from the program forever.
Steffi is very excited for this year, and I've been told she WAS in LU, so I can compare the *old* 2nd grade program to the *new* program (due to the teacher replacements)
Thomas is seeming like he wants to go to preschool, but since this will be his first regular extended absence from me, we shall see.....He is, at least, familiar with the preschool as he watched John and Steffi go there for 2 years. I think he'll be fine :-)
Wow, what an entry, huh. I think I might be blogging on a *regular* basis again......but it's gonna be for me, and my rambling needs. Just getting stuff off my chest, in life
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