We had conferences last week for Big wiener; our big second grader. He has the same teacher that he had last year in first grade (who is wonderful by the way!) Daddy wiener and I didn't know what to expect on the front of How's He Doing in School...
Here's what we see at home: a creative, smart, imaginative boy who comes home from school, throws his backpack on the floor and picks up legos/playmobil/trains, etc and plays until the sun goes down. In other words, he doesn't give a rat's #@$ about anything faintly stinking of academia. When homework time rolls around (all 10 minutes of it) there's an epic fit of exhaustion at the bothersome task of spelling some words/reading out loud/solving A math problem. So, daddy wiener and I are left wondering what he does at school, does he collapse from fatigue with each change in subject matter? Does he pout when it's time to go to reading group? If we ask him about the best part of his day... it's always recess. We have now stipulated his answer must concern "Learning time", then he has to think incredibly hard about the question.
Being a former teacher myself, I don't settle for "He's doing fine." I want to see the hard proof. Ms. T knows this and had his assessments ready to show us.
Ta-Da! Big wiener is doing great- proficient reader, one of the best writers in his class (smug smile from me) and although he still can't tell time worth a darn, he does have some advanced problem solving skills! Hallelujah!
It's not that I didn't think that he could do it, it's just I never see him do it, so I wondered. Daddy wiener and I left that conference with tears in our eyes. Our first little baby, now a a non-time telling, problem solving, reading, writer. Our boy.
You know how people always say (old people mainly): "They grow up so fast."? Well, I'd like to change that to say sometimes they grow up when you aren't around to see it.
Listening... what?
14 years ago
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A chip off the old block!
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