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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/6/2008 5:58:21 AM
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Deb, I was thinking about her the other day. I haven't seen her post in ages.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/6/2008 8:39:38 AM
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Oh, Garsy, I wish you had seen DeeDee's face when she read your post.
She had that 'momma's gonna cry 'cause she's so happy' look.
She asked you to tell Aryn that was great and so wonderful.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/6/2008 12:56:27 PM
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Deb, I was thinking about her the other day. I haven't seen her post in ages.
I don't know what made me think of her, but her name just popped into my head. I asked in the Community folder and Homschool one, where I thought for sure I'd get an answer, but no one replied. I hope she's ok. I her view on life and the interesting articles she always posts.
****Ezri, mentioned searching for her name and I told her that I had thought about it just after I posted in the HS folder, duh. Maybe I'll PM her. ***
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/6/2008 9:34:41 PM
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Garcy!!! That is great!
I am having problems with the High School that my exchange student is going to. The principal in the beginning made it very clear to me that he HATES the organization we are going through with our student and prefers AFS. I wonder if that orginazation would like to know that there is a principal out there who discriminates like that. They probably would be happy. Anyway he is not a ringing endoresement for me to ever use AFS now. Not if that is the kind of people they are.
Anyway, on the SECOND day of school this principal calls me up and tells me that two of his teachers expressed concern of his grasp of the English language and that if two are already complaining on the second day of school, then maybe he isn't ready to be an exchange student and that I might want to think about packing him up and sending him home.
I explained to him that I don't see how on the second day of school when my student didn't even get a schedule until the FIRST day began, the principal who has only seen him for like a minute could tell me that after knowing that he had only been in the country a few days and was still in the adjustment process.
Then he goes on to tell me that he is going to PERSONALLY moniter my student and if he feels that he will not succeed here, then he will have to go home.
Now the two classes that he was supposedly having trouble in were government which had not even handed out a text book and some sports thing class that he was put in because the gym class he wanted was full.
I spoke to both teachers and the government teacher said that she enjoyed him so far and knew that he was going to be challanged, but that he was going to do well. That is when I told her that the principal told me she complained to him. She was a bit irritated and even told me so because she told me that she doesn't go to the principal when she is concerned about a student, she goes to the parents first, and the guidance counselor.
The second teacher did tell me that he approached the principal for advice because he was a first year teacher, and while he did call me, he is not the type of person to leave messages so instead of going to the guidance counselor, he went to the principal and asked what he should do. Ok first this teacher is new and never had an exchange student or any student for that matter. Second, he told me that he is not the type of person to leave messages so why go to the principal? I think he should have been told by the principal that this child has been here less than a week and to go to the guidance counselor and to me and if he told the principal that he refuses to leave messages, the principal should have told him that it is policy to leave a message if the person doesn't answer.
I am not going to sit home and wait for teachers to call just so they don't have to feel uncomfortable leaving a message. Maybe he needs to take a conversational english class to get over that fear.
Then the principal told me that my student was not allowed to use the ESL room in the school because they don't have the resources for exchange students, but yet they are taking money from the state just as they do every other student. Something sounds wrong there.
So then I had to go to the superintendant and I had to discuss this problem and of course he backed his principal all of the way, but when I told him that the principal lied to me about one teacher complaining and she said she never spoke to him, the superintendant didn't say a word.
I also had to go to the state superintendant and I found out that once the school accepts my student, by law, they have to treat him like they do every other student. So I spent my entire weekend dealing with this and am not a happy person.
Sorry for the long post.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/6/2008 9:45:40 PM
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ESL (in our state) is for students whose parents do not speak English at home.
I heard the story about the student who didn't qualify for speach because an accent is not an impediment. He qualified for ESL but didn't need that, he understood the teacher, his peers didn't understand him.
I don't agree, but they are bound to use the money for specific students.
But I swear I remember an exchange student who never spoke English well and worked with the Spanish teacher for his English homework.
I don't know how a principal can REFUSE to educate a student who is living in their district. It is a shame because this should be a very positive experience for everyone. You, your kids, the school and Sean.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/6/2008 9:47:22 PM
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Oh wow, Tracey. *huggles*
That sounds completely overwhelming and I would be completely frustrated with the school as well.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/6/2008 9:56:24 PM
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We have foreign exchange students at the CS. They are not really there to learn academics, as most of them are already ahead of us anyway, especially those from Asia. The point of being an exchange student is to get the experience of being in America for an extended period of time. A natural result of being here will be that their English becomes much more fluent, as any American exchange student would experience in another country also. They take classes with "regular" students, but are graded differently and also have one on one time with a mentor who helps them with the cultural and language issues.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/7/2008 9:58:28 AM
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The principal in the beginning made it very clear to me that he HATES the organization we are going through with our student and prefers AFS.
If the superintendent took the side of the principal, I am going to assume that they have encountered problems with the organization that sent your student.
I found it interesting that you enrolled your student. I checked the AFS website (it is the only site that you have mentioned) and they indicated that the host family does not enroll their students...that the enrollment is done by the organization.
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Q: Is the host family responsible for enrolling the participant in school?
A: No, AFS is. AFS works with every high school to ensure enrollment of AFS Exchange Participants in acccordance with each school’s policies and procedures. AFS enjoys an excellent reputation with high schools across the country
Found at: http://www.usa.afs.org/usa_en/focus_on/stories/hosting
According to this organization (AYA) they too enroll the students:
http://www.aifs.org/aya/stu_enroll.asp
I was doing some checking and the Dept. of Homeland Security monitors all foreign exhange students with a program called SEVIS. Schools must be enrolled in this program and the SEVIS program knows where the student is to attend school and monitors if that child arrives at the intended school.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/7/2008 9:57:44 PM
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Oh wow, Tracey. *huggles*
That sounds completely overwhelming and I would be completely frustrated with the school as well.
I am frustrated. The superintendant did not take the side of the principal, he just listened and took notes. I also looked up the policy for exchange students and it does not say one company over the other, it just limits the number of exchange students in the school at one time.
We didn't use AFS and the company we used will enroll the student, but it is just easier for us to do it because then we could be there to meet the staff and get to know the school. I don't have kids in the high school so this is a first for me.
There were problems last year but not with the company we went through, but the principal said he didn't like this company for whatever reason and he only wanted AFS students in the school. But I checked out the school policy and the state laws and the school policy does not discriminate between exchange companies and as for the state law, it is very clear that if the school obviously accepts the student into the school, they are not allowed to discriminate and are bound by law to treat that student the same aso they would any other student.
It is very obvious that they accepted him first because they signed the paperwork for the company we went through and second, they enrolled him, gave him a schedule, locker and he has been attending.
Plus the principal said that one of the teachers complained but when I spoke with her, she was quite upset and said that no conversation took place. I believe her because the principal has lied before and I know her from high school. We didn't graduate together, but we were there at the same time. I live in a small city.
This is just a matter of the principal not wanting any other students in the school besides AFS students and while I have nothing against that organization, if people like him support it, then I have no reason to even want to use them. Let's just say he is NOT a ringing endorsement for the AFS program.
I also spoke to the state's superintendant's office and they gave me the laws on top of explaining the "goodwill" aspect of this which it seems that my principal has no interest in that part or the well being of my child since he is causing problems already. And they were interested to know that my student will be there for count day which is the day the state takes attendance and depending on how many kids are in their seats that day, is how the school is funded. So if my student is there on that day, they will be funded for him. Then after that, the principal wants to send him home. I am thinking FRAUD. I hate to say this, but that person is just kind of stupid.
He made it very clear to me before my student got here that he didn't want him because of where he was coming from. His SlEP score was 57 and that is very high. But he doesn't know the pop culture type things and obviously our laws so while he is going to have to put extra work into those types of classes, he certainly knows the language. Not to mention, we have no problems conversing with him and he has been doing homework all weekend and while it has been slowgoing, he has only been here a week and is still trying to think in English and not Chinese first then translate to English.
I am just upset that I have to deal with this when we did something that we thought was going to be fun and good for everyone involved and then one tiny little person who has a complex about something decides to take it out on us. What he doesn't realise is that I am not one person to do that to. I told the superintendant that I felt that phone call was meant to be harrassing and intimidating and while I felt very harrassed, I don't intimidate. I anger, and when I anger, I don't get out of hand, I find my facts and take care of business.
So far, I think that since the state told me that the law says he can stay and the policy of the school says he is able to be here, this principal is just stupid to think that I am going to back down and let it go so easily when we invited this child into our home and are also bonding as a family. He is mine at least for the year, and I will treat him as I treat the other three. I don't like people messing with my kids.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/8/2008 12:14:18 AM
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Thanks Kath, about the calculator. I think I'll wait and see what E learns about them.
Tracy, have you asked the principal why he doesn't like to work with your organization? I think I'd try to nail him down on that one. Do you have a rep from your organization that can help? Do they know of your problems with the principal? Sounds like they might want to do some PR work.
I kept N home Friday; he's doing a lot better today, so I don't think I'll be taking him to the doctor.
Dee
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/8/2008 7:35:51 AM
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Hey everyone!
Tracy - I'm sorry to hear that you are having so many problems with administration it sounds like. I agree with Dee - talk to a rep from the organization and get some advice on how to deal with the problem.
Aryn and the rest of her 5th grade class (give or take a few) are leaving today for their overnight camping trip. She is super excited because she is in a group with ALL her friends! They were allowed to pick their top three friends and the teachers promised that they would have at least one of those friends in their group and Aryn lucked out and got not only her top three but several others as well! She has 6 or 7 kids in her group and according to Aryn they are all good friends!
Ty had a pledge ceremony we had to attend yesterday for this scholarship program we've enrolled him in. It will basically pay for 4 years of tuition at any accredited state college in the stated of Indiana and at least part of a private college education. I learned yesterday that there are even some schools that will grant FULL ride scholarships - including room and board AND books to students with excellent cumulative gpa's of at least 3.5, to these students! It just floors me that the sanctuary at this church wasn't standing room only and filled with kids and parents taking advantage of this!
Tomorrow is Zoe's first girl scout meeting. I have to get the rest of her patches from this summer on her vest today.
Wednesday is the flower and garden show at school and I'm helping out all morning with that. Then I'm helping a teacher get ready for Thursday.
Thursday is back to school night for the little guys AND Ethan has an eye dr. appointment. Ty's coming home on the bus but we are going directly back into town - picking the kids up from school and straight to the eye dr. then after that we'll hit somewhere for supper before going back to school by 6PM. CRAZY! I'm actually going to talk to the kids' teachers before hand on Wednesday and see about signing up for conference times early so I can schedule them all back to back without running from room to room that night.
I'm off to get the little guys up and out of bed. The bus comes in an hour and it doesn't sound like there's any moving going on upstairs at this point!
Blessings,
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/8/2008 10:42:05 PM
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Tracy, have you asked the principal why he doesn't like to work with your organization? I think I'd try to nail him down on that one. Do you have a rep from your organization that can help? Do they know of your problems with the principal? Sounds like they might want to do some PR work.
Dee
He said that he has not had good luck with students from organizations and specifically mentioned this one as one that sends over unprepared students. But in my student's case, he had a very high SLEP score and that is a test of their English skills that they all have to take regardless of the company. He seems to just like AFS. In fact, he tried to pass a resolution at the last few school board meetings to only accept AFS students into the school and not allow different organizations in. But I spoke with the teachers who he said had problems and they both e:mailed me back good things about him so now I have in writing that the principal lied just to follow through with his own agenda. He is just prejudice against the organization and if I had to guess, I would think that they don't bow down to him enough, and he is one of those people who needs to feel that he is above everyone else and that we all need to know our places. He even accepted my student based on my married name from before. His words were "well you come from a family who has a rich history within the community" That says alot to me. If he is going to accept people based on family names and status, there is a problem.
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Hey everyone!
Tracy - I'm sorry to hear that you are having so many problems with administration it sounds like. I agree with Dee - talk to a rep from the organization and get some advice on how to deal with the problem.
Blessings,
Garsy
Garcy, I have been on the phone with the reps and they have offered to go with me, but after today, I have two very beautiful and well written e:mails from the very teachers that the principal SAID were having problems with him that contradict everything he said. I am going to bring those with me. I also spoke with the Guidance counselor who is the go to person to begin with and we all agreed that we are going to work together and leave the principal out of it. We wouldn't even need to work on anything if the principal wouldn't have caused such a stink over essentially nothing. It turns out that one teacher was concerned that my student didn't understand alot of the pop culture references and the class is full of them so on top of doing the work, he has to first learn what certian things are that even some Amerians can't imagine like a 1950s drive in and Fantasy Football. I know a 1980s drive in and I did watch the movie "Grease" so that is my impression of a 1950s drive in, but as for Fantasy football, I know that it exists and is an online game that men tend to take seriously. That is it.
But we seem to have it all worked out and the principal is just a minor irritant at the moment and I think that once the e:mails that I have come with me to our meeting with the superintendant on Friday, we are going to be able to go back to being normal parents in the school.
Dee, I am glad N is feeling better.
Garcy, I think that you and I are the same person sometimes. We are both always running for our kids. Do you ever get so tired that you don't feel like you can take another minute of it? I am just asking because for the moment, I am there. But there are added stress factors that I am sure are not helping.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/8/2008 11:31:22 PM
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Tracy, I hope this will end it. The only one it is harming is Sean. I felt sorry for him when you said they did not assign him a buddy the first day like they would have done for any other new student.
Dee, glad that N is feeling better. I know this won't sound right, but if my kids have to get sick I'm glad if it's a Friday so they have 3 days to recover.
Garsy, I hope Aryn has a great time.
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It just floors me that the sanctuary at this church wasn't standing room only and filled with kids and parents taking advantage of this!
That is wonderful!
I finally got some info about vocational rehab for Mike. I was getting worried, he is a senior this year and they haven't worked with him as far as career goals. He thinks he can go into a 4 year college and so far that won't happen for him. He only has algebra 1 and no spanish. If he really wants to go to a 4 year college as opposed to community college then I'd like him to stay in highschool another year to get what he needs. Right now he still won't do homework at home and needs a study hall so his teacher can help him. He just won't handle college with that attitude.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/8/2008 11:50:15 PM
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Kathy, sometimes when they go to college, they have a turn in that attitude. I know you have issues to begin with, but sometimes the change in environment is enough to kind of push them along. Most of the people who are there are there because they want to be not because they have to be like in highschool. That can rub off. I know it did on me.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/8/2008 11:52:44 PM
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Garcy, I think that you and I are the same person sometimes. We are both always running for our kids. Do you ever get so tired that you don't feel like you can take another minute of it? I am just asking because for the moment, I am there. But there are added stress factors that I am sure are not helping.
Why do you think I was ecstatic when my eldest decided to drop Boy Scouts this year? It's just starting for us and quite honestly I'm not as busy as a lot of moms. Most of what I do is just me at the school. My kids aren't in activities every night of the week. My gosh I couldn't do it if that were the case! This week is just a busy one. Somedays - yes I feel like I can't take another minute, but for me to just sit at home drives me a bit batty. I need to be out and busy or I spend too much time in front of the computer!
Ty is NOT going to be coming with me Thursday after all. He's got a heavy night of homework and studying from the looks of things that night so I will leave him home to do that. I'm going to talk to his friends tho before hand and request that NO one calls that night - because he needs to study. He's got a German test and a Biology test on Friday AND a quiz in World history. Plus he has a lot of reading due for his honors English. The work load is finally kicking in - and it is intense!
Actually Kathy - I thought there should have been more kids there. So many can benefit from this scholarship program that simply don't take the time to apply. I wish I could have seen the room full of kids but it wasn't so. I mean there were quite a group, but more would have been nice!
blessings,
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/9/2008 12:00:09 AM
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Let's see. Monday nights are soccer from 6 to 7:30 for Jake and Cheer from 4:30 to 5:30 for Kali. Tuesday nights are bible study and youth group. We go to study they go to group. Wednesday nights are soccer from 6 to 7:30 for Jake and poms from 5:30 to 7 for Kali. Then Thursday nights are poms from 4:30 to 5:30 for Kayla and Friday nights are open until Sean starts basketball, then we get to go to the games. (I totally can't wait for that) but Jake goes by his dad every other Friday so I am kind of bummed every other weekend, and then Saturday mornings are soccer games. Sometimes they are in the early afternoon though.
During the day, I babysit, but on Wed mornings I decided that I am going to bowl. Thursday mornings are bible study and Friday mornings are bible study and a class for the girls which is awesome so even my mornings are pretty booked, and then from12:30 to 3:20, Kayla has school.
I get tired.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/9/2008 1:42:00 AM
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Garsy, that does sound like a wonderful program!
Tracy, I hope things improve now for your student.
Kath, I know what you mean, I was glad it was Friday he stayed home. I kept him home on account of his knee; he was just hobbling around and I didn't want it to get worse by him having him use it all day at school. If he was walking that badly at school Thursday I wish someone would have called me. I didn't have to take him to the dr. today which I'm of course glad about. I also kept him home because he had such a hard time getting to sleep Thursday night; he was still awake at 1AM, I'm not sure when he finally went to sleep.
Crazy week here; we're trying to figure out when to celebrate N's birthday. It's Wednesday, but K is at church most of the evening. We were going to do it early, but scouts meet tomorrow.
Dee
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/9/2008 11:53:01 AM
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And my oldest thinks he's getting too big for Mom to discipline. He found out different last night. 
Noah came home with a TON of homework last night, tried to blame it on the teacher. Now, this teacher has only been teaching a few years and his class can be a handful. So her classroom management may have something to do with it, but I have a feeling he did a lot of messing around when he should have been doing his seatwork. He got it all done, some before AWANA, some after AWANA, and some this morning. If he continues to have this much homework past this week, I'm going to have to talk to the teacher about it and see what is going on. There was literally 2 hours worth, which I find ridiculous for an 8 year old after he has been in school ALL DAY (this is one of my pet peeves about being in school vs. homeschooling). I want him to be able to go outside and play when he gets home!
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/9/2008 12:06:03 PM
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Ty had at least 3 hours worth last night! But like I've said he is taking higher level courses and even a college level course so it's expected and he is in high school. The rest of the kids haven't had more then a half hours work yet, except for that one night when ETHAN had about an hour's worth but that was because it took him nearly an hour to complete a math worksheet - but it wasn't because it should have taken that long but because he was daydreaming instead of focusing on his work. Once I made him sit down next to me and away from the homework table, he got it done in 20 minutes! Well all of the kids have required reading every night but that's easy for them as they do at least that much every night at bedtime.
Aryn's class is leaving the campground right now in order for them to get back in time for the buses to go back out for afternoon bus routes.
Speaking of books and reading Ty's honors English class is starting a new novel this week - The Once and Future King. Anyone know anything about this book? I'm going to ask in books too.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/9/2008 12:25:41 PM
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There was literally 2 hours worth, which I find ridiculous for an 8 year old after he has been in school ALL DAY (this is one of my pet peeves about being in school vs. homeschooling).
Two hours is way to much homework for an 8 year old. Even if he didn't finish his seatwork. If my kids were diligent, they could finish ALL of their school work in two hours. (On a good homeschool day.) We also put two of our kids in school this year for various reasons; but one of the main reasons is that my 3rd grade son's teacher is beyond great. The only homework they have is studying for spelling tests and verse quizzes, etc. Even my 4th grader has not had more than 15 min. worth of homework.
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RE: September PPS Chat! I can see autumn in the distance! - 9/9/2008 12:54:57 PM
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Welcome to PPS chat Macokjc!
I'm thankful my son's teacher doesn't like to send home a lot of homework. He did have math last night though, and was very frustrated with it. He had about 2 problems left, and I went into his room and couldn't see his homework. He'd wadded it up and stuffed in under some stuff in his trash can. He was almost done! So we dug it back out and got it done. I was ready to put it in his take home folder for him and he stopped me so he could smooth out the wrinkles on the page. It was all I could do to keep from cracking up and say "nice to see you taking pride in your work."
N found out Friday/Saturday that he'd rather be in school doing the work then, than finishing it off at home. Hopefully Noah will figure out quickly that it's best to just do the work right away at school, if that is what is going on.
N's problem here is that he can make a small task take an incredibly long time. I get so tired of reminding and nagging to work, that sometimes I just let him be for a while.
Dee
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You were clear,I misread it. 
ROFL! 