The Walk
The conferences with parents went well today. A big theme of the conferences is that sixers don't like to show their parents any of their work, so the parents don't really know what's going on with the kiddos. I don't want to sound braggy, but my own #1 son shares his work with me and even lets me give him tips. But that's just my luckiness and I am making no judgments. I'm a soft hearted teacher and many parents encouraged me to lower the boom on the kiddos. I've never had much success with boom lowering, but I'm willing to give it a try. I have 9 more conferences to do later in the week, but tomorrow is a day off. My partner is going to take the kids to see The Music Man and musicals are not my thing. I'm going to start the day with a walk with guardian of Gypsy cat. My first exercise in weeks. I hope to spend the rest of the day working on a conference talk and I'll buy a vacuum cleaner. Maybe I'll even squeeze in a little dissertation time. My stress level about the dissertation is off the charts right now, so light some candles for me.
Laughing Alice photo credit: Alice's mum and dad. She's the most adorable snow princess around, as you can clearly see.
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hey alice's mom, i figured it was you, but couldn't be sure. i scored quite a few almond joys from q and r. whatever happened to mounds??????
even though it says VERY CLEARLY in my syllabus that i will only accept late work for one week after the due date, I have been taking all kinds of things this last week.
i just really want their grades to be good!!
hey kace, i've found in the past that the parents say to lower the boom but then when the bad grades come home, they somehow turn against the teacher rather than the kiddos. alas. we'll see what second quarter brings.