I think it went good. S15 was going through his calendar last night figuring out when all the school holidays are. He only went half a day and he has easy classes so far so should be fine. He has an aide that is taking him to his classes.
D9 had 2 hours of homework last night. I'm guessing most kids would take an hour on it, but she takes about twice that. Hopefully if they put her in special ed for some of her classes, they'll do things like cut down the spelling words from 20 to 10 or so. It takes her 30 minutes just to write them.
I guess it's too soon to tell; but seems ok so far. How did your kids do (did they have their first day also?) Karen
Mine went back on the 12th, so they are back in the groove. D10 hasn't had hardly any homework. The boys had the same teacher and if I recall they didn't have much with her either. D9 has had some. She has a younger teacher again and seems much happier about that.
She is so cute. She was asking me about having her speen taken out. I couldn't figure out why and then D10 said that she has been wanting to take gymnastics. She might have to have her spleen out because with some of the moves, it could cause her spleen to rupture.
I am glad their first day went well. Hopefully everything will stay on this pace for a while.
Just got to love these little people!
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Oh, I have a cute one too. S15 last night asked me if public schools let kids take off their birthday (like we did when we were homeschooling although we homeschooled summers though). I said I think they should, but no. He said he figured.
H emailed me about half a dozen times and me back. All kid-related but he couldn't resist one of them asking me if I had a job yet? (I've been applying to the schools now for 10 days or so!) I just ignored that. My son's teacher aide ($13,000 a year) btw has a master's in education and was a teacher in his last town and now has to be an aide! Our town is horrible for teaching jobs!!! Karen
No word about ESE yet. Poor D9 has been doing hours of homework every night. I talked to her teacher, and it's not supposed to take so long. It's basically school and homework, shower, and sleep. Wake up and repeat.
I wound up talking to H tonight when S hung up on his dad and refused to talk to him anymore. So I answered when he called back. Told him about D9 and he said he thinks I should stop taking her to activities. She wants to be in girl scouts, does an afterschool program (we both do) on Tuesday, and art club for an hour on Friday. I just think life should be more than just school/homework. I started getting upset so he said he's going to email about it.
I talked to one of D9's teachers (said she tries really hard but can't keep up with the other kids). I was talking to her about my looking for a job (she asked actually when I told her of our divorce) and she said the job I applied to at D9's school had 180 applicants many of whom had Master's degrees.
wow, D's days sound kind of like mine, just insert work in place of school! I think that is important to do things other than school, especially if shes having a hard time! Shouldnt she be doing something that she can be good at and enjoy? I was a girlscout for a long time,I think that its a really good thing to do, and it sounds like art is really important to her.
I guess I gave the wrong finger to the wrong man...
Did you talk to D9's teacher today? I would ask maybe if you could know her homework for the week ahead so that D9 could maybe get a head start and not fall behind. I know this is hard on all of you and I admire you for wanting them to have a chance at making it work. Between yourself and the teacher there has to be a solution.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Great minds. S15's aide recommended we ask them for extra time. Her language arts teacher is going to do that she said starting next week. Her math/science teacher said D9 could do half the problems. So hopefully that'll help a bunch.
I talked to the guidance counselor too. They're having a meeting on Monday about D9 apparently.
D9 did 5 hours of homework last night. Finally got to sleep at 11! BTW, it was H's first day taking her to school yesterday. He forgot to give her morning meds, her glasses, and one of her homeworks didn't get packed into her pack so she lost a point. Can you imagine if I did that???? I just let it slide though, no nasty emails.
H emails me today though when I emailed re: some stuff about S15--they're adding a math class to his schedule so he'll be taking 4 classes next week. H emails me back about "we shouldn't shield them from challenges and hard work" b/c I'm not happy about D9's homework sitch. I'm like, I couldn't if I wanted to, D9 worked 5 hours last night until 11am. She's the hardest working kid I know!!!
Oh, gosh, Karen, S8 and I have had those sorts of looong nights too. He flies through everything, including the Math, but it is a constant struggle when it comes to writing. Writing a simple paragraph of five sentences is such a huge obstacle sometimes. (And here I like to write fiction in my spare time. Go figure.)
Thankfully, Third grade is going amazingly well for him (we just passed midway into this quarter) and his teacher seems pleased with his hard work.
