As I log on to this site tonight, I can't help but laugh a little.
I started this post last Friday, November 14. I only got as far as the title although I knew exactly what I wanted to say.
The funny part is it applies so much more today than whatever happened on Thursday or Friday.
I am thankful that the things we think might kill us, usually actually don't.
Y'all, I completely lost my mind over my son's CLASSWORK
tonight.
Yes, you read that right - classwork.
My son wouldn't do it
at school yesterday so his teacher sent it home to be completed here. On top of that, he is supposed to read every night {there is a log to sign},
has a math worksheet once a week, and spelling journal - 3 separate
spelling activities a week- to be turned in on Friday. We spend about 4 to 5 hours a week on homework, not including reading, and NOT including this extra classwork tonight.
His classwork assignment? Expository writing.
Three pages total: top page, FINAL draft of 5 sentence expository piece on spiders. Second page: "rough draft" page, broken down into "topic sentence," "fact 1," "fact 2," "fact 3," and "conclusion sentence." Third page in packet: Three columned list designed {I think} to brainstorm the "facts" about spiders. The top of the page says "spiders," column 1 says "have" {as in, "spiders have..."}, 2nd column says "can...," and 3rd column says "are...".
We spent 1 hour and 45 minutes on this tonight and didn't get any other homework done including reading.
He cried.
I cried {I look like someone beat me up :-)} and I wrote his teacher a very heated email.
I'm thinking she probably hates me right about now {although I was sure to say my frustration was not personal but about the work being forced
on these kids}.
My son is smart.
He is top of his class in math (97th percentile) and the highest reading level in his class along with 2 other students (20 total in the class).
He likes spiders and thinks they're interesting.
He's NOT interested in writing and as far as I'm concerned, that makes him a normal 6 year old boy.
That's right; he's 6 and in the first grade.
Today, I am thankful for starting fresh and grace and praying the teacher shows me some!
Three pages total: top page, FINAL draft of 5 sentence expository piece on spiders. Second page: "rough draft" page, broken down into "topic sentence," "fact 1," "fact 2," "fact 3," and "conclusion sentence." Third page in packet: Three columned list designed {I think} to brainstorm the "facts" about spiders. The top of the page says "spiders," column 1 says "have" {as in, "spiders have..."}, 2nd column says "can...," and 3rd column says "are...".
We spent 1 hour and 45 minutes on this tonight and didn't get any other homework done including reading.
He cried.
I cried {I look like someone beat me up :-)} and I wrote his teacher a very heated email.
I'm thinking she probably hates me right about now {although I was sure to say my frustration was not personal but about the work being forced
on these kids}.
My son is smart.
He is top of his class in math (97th percentile) and the highest reading level in his class along with 2 other students (20 total in the class).
He likes spiders and thinks they're interesting.
He's NOT interested in writing and as far as I'm concerned, that makes him a normal 6 year old boy.
That's right; he's 6 and in the first grade.
Today, I am thankful for starting fresh and grace and praying the teacher shows me some!
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