Mid week ramblings…..

It is Wednesday, and all is well. It sure rained here yesterday. At one point when I was driving home it was raining so hard that I could not see. Have not driven in that kind of rain in a long time. I just saw on the news that we got over an inch and a half of rain. That is a lot!

I have a new pen pal. It is the mother of one of my students who emails me to complain about my every move. She then forwards it all to the principal. How boring. Yesterday it was because I would not let her daughter write an assignment in pink pen. Some of these gel pen colors are very difficult to read. One of her other complaints in the last month or so was that I did not give her daughter credit for something she did not turn in. “Everyone makes mistakes and these are children,” she said. Logical? She said that what I was doing was telling these students that I am in charge and thus making them feel less human. (I swear she said this, in person.) My response to her was, “I am in charge.” Duh.

I am glad that I never had children. I would be a horrible parent. Thank you to all of you who took on this task, because I do not have it in me.

School has changed a lot. I don’t remember my parents or my friends’ parents lying for us when school was involved. My parents felt the teacher was always right, which we know is silly too, but they did not take the defensive “My kid can do no wrong” stance. I have sat in conferences where the kid has hit the parent, cursed at the parent, and basically told the parent to just shut up. One parent complained to me that her son stayed up all night on the computer and never did his homework or home chores. I suggested she unplug the computer at night and take the cord. Her response was, ” Oh no, he would get mad.” Honest. I meet great parents too; just right now the pink pen email is festering, so I am thinking of the negative.

I do have a picture to put up here for a entry entitled: ” One more reason I love the South.” Hopefully I will do it tonight or tomorrow.

I love our house. I really do. Everything but our landscaping should be finished in March. I cannot wait for the trees to fill out and for the flowers (when we plant them) to bloom. I think we should be ready for visitors by May.

Peace Out.