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Two more days

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Feels like a lifetime.  I need to go to bed at a more suitable hour.  Going to bed after midnight is not a good look at 6am. 


DH told me about work drama yesterday and then I had really crazy dreams about his work people.  It was disconcerting. 

I got decent amount of packing done for this weekend last night.  At least there's that.  

I did see a tiny frog outside last night.  I kept trying to touch it and then he'd jump.  He was so cute.  
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  • tawillerstawillers member
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    DH is having a hellish day at work.  LSS, his truck broke down this morning and he is now 3 hours behind after waiting for the tow guy to get there and waiting for work people to bring him a different truck.

    DD1 has been sleepwalking and it's freaking me out.  I'll hear her because she's crying and then find her talking and in another room.  I hope this is short lived.
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  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    I had weird dreams last night, too.  I remember there was one with lots of roaches, and I woke myself up and couldn't breathe. (That was a little scary - it took me a few minutes.) There was another one where I was in Amsterdam but the customs people destroyed my passport cover and i was demanding that they make a new one so I could get back to Sweden (DK was there, I was supposed to meet him) and then get back to the US a few days later. 

    Kindergarten is a little ridiculous with the homework. WTELF at sending home an hour or more worth of work for these kids each night - they're 4-5 years old. The latest assignment is a "family group project" that (if judging by the "examples") the parents are supposed to do for the kid. Basically it's make an "all about me" poster. DK said we should get the dogs in on it and let the puppy chew on the poster board. My suggestion is that no matter what happens, the thing rains glitter. 
    My annoyances have been with the inconsistency on the writing assignments (the letters vary between writing sheets - e.g. the height and location of cross on "t")  and the grammatical errors on the directions. The amount of time it takes is also excessive for that age range. We're already working on reading for 20-30 minutes every night - now we're also doing worksheets and craft projects. 
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  • VarunaTTVarunaTT member
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    @*Barbie* It's interesting that you say the homework is obviously meant to have your help.  I just went down the rabbit hole last week, reading an interview with the author of, "How to Raise an Adult", (Julie Lythcott-Haims) and someone else.  I read too many things and now I can't find the specific interview (I'm almost positive it was NPR, but can't seem to find it).  One of things she talked about was how teachers have changed their assignments and grading styles in school to account for parental involvement.  I was pretty floored by that.
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  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    @VarunaTT - they send a (grammatically incorrect) instructions sheet with a second sheet of "example" pictures. It was 100% obvious that the kids had very little to do with making the posters. I refuse to do her homework *for* her. We sit with her and help with things like reading instructions and discussing concepts, but it's *her* work. 

    Helicopter parents are ruining society. Kids need to learn to think for themselves and eventually become self-sufficient adults. How much credibility would you lose if your parents started coming to your job to do your work/talk to your manager. I think parents *should* be involved in making sure their child gets a good education - but not doing the work for them. So many parents work (+go to school, + work a second job, + single parent, + take care of a household, etc.)  they don't have time to do hours of homework (for/with their child) every night. There's also the extracurricular activities factor - Wolverine does 1 gymnastics class/week for an hour. That's pretty minimal compared to friends that do multiple sports/music lessons/etc. She went to bed more than 30 minutes late on Monday because she had an hour of homework to finish post gymnastics. (This doesn't include the "mandatory" 20 minutes of reading we are supposed to log daily - we skipped that so she wouldn't be an hour late in going to bed.)  


    DK will be going on a business trip for almost 2 weeks in September - if the school stuff continues as is, I might be crazy by the time he gets back. 
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  • 6fsn6fsn member
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    Nope. I would be pushing back a lot on this. Our teacher is adamant no more then 25 mins a night. If it doesn't get done oh well. Home is to build confidence and trust not battles at this age. The other 4 first teachers don't give any regular homework at all.
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  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    FWIW, I just called up and said something to the director of the school - no clue if that will do anything, but it was worth a shot. The director does not know if the school has any guidelines re: recommended amount of homework for the K class. Apparently I'm the only parent that has complained - hopefully I'm not the last. 
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  • mrsconn23mrsconn23 member
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    HI BABBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

    Oh and hi Jojo!!  I hope they take it easy on you soon.  :)  

    And we had to nix SoCal.  We have water AND electrical issues we have to fix.  So bye bye vacation money!  :( 
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  • jojobrnjojobrn member
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    Booo! Adulting is so lame. Hope it isn't worse and better than expected. We've done all the worst issues for plumbing and electrical in our old house. We hope this house treats us better.

    We had the kitchen sink line snaked yesterday, a clog that was 55 feet out from the clean out, the plumber was there from our warranty company and suggested getting someone out to camera both lines. I was like, "add it to the list!" We just want to get some landscaping done so we aren't those neighbors. The tree in our front yeard straight up died once it wasn't being watered 2x/day.
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