I've been in THE WORST mood today. I woke up ok, but I just started to blow up by the time I reached Gabby's school. She was so tired. She actually fell asleep on the way to school this morning. I felt bad because there have been several changes in our routine this week, and unfortunately, I think it is affecting her. We now have to wake up, well I have to wake up an hour earlier, and she has to wake up 45 minutes earlier than she's used to.
So I get her to school and we sat in the car for several minutes allowing her to wake up. As we sat there I asked her if everything was ok, and if anything was bothering her. Nothing was wrong, she was just tired. But then she remembered she had "tons of work to do" when she got to her class. I said "what kind of work?" "Well, we didn't finish some of our worksheets from yesterday, so I have to finish them this morning." I got rather miffed at this.
This has been an ongoing issue in our household. While that line, out of context, seems perfectly suited to her young educational life, it's becoming a huge problem! Her teacher is BRAND NEW, Hot off the presses. AND...well, let's just say she's got a lot of issues! Her teaching strategy thus far in the two months that we've had her...Death by worksheets.
I've never known a kindergartener to have finished SO many worksheets in such a short amount of time. By this morning she had already completed (and yes I actually counted) approximately 20 worksheets both in and out of school. IN TWO DAYS...she did 20 worksheets! To me that doesn't sound like the teacher is teaching. More like she wants to give all the kiddies busy work. And when they aren't doing worksheets they are having recess. Yep! My child has THREE recesses a day.
Class starts at 8:30am and finishes at around 2:30pm every day (they have 15 minutes before class in the morning to get ready to start the day, and 15 at the end to get ready to go home). So in 6 hours, they have 3 recesses, one of them has lunch attached to it. Then they have this thing called "Work factory" at the end of the day, which to me is an indoor recess. So they technically have 4!
So 4 recesses and 20 worksheets, doesn't seem like she's actually teaching them anything. I'm seriously not sure how she has time to! So luckily parent/teacher conferences are this Friday, and BOY-O is she gonna get an earfull!!!!
So I walked away from school fuming at that whole mess.
I get home and I just couldn't let it go. I then became depressed after talking it over with my mom because as she so wisely put things..."Well, if you take her out of that school, where are you going to put her?" I quickly said I was thinking about home schooling her...and of course to make matters worse mom's loving reply to that is..."How are you going to do that when you are looking after another child once or twice a week and babygirl, AND you have NO patience with Gabby!" ( Yeah...that just made me feel SO much better) So being defeated in my thoughts, I hung up and just became in a more miserable mood.
Then came another lovely phone call from the Broker. You see, we are trying to sell our house to our Renter...(the house we used to live in before the military!) Seems that now I may have to repair said house before we close...Not to mention that I haven't received rent for the last two months! What ever happened to selling something "As Is!" Ugh, whatever..."Moving on..."
And to top my day off, I dropped (ok, Babygirl knocked it off the counter) my favorite coffee mug, a present from my college for giving to their alumni fund. It broke into pieces.
Feeling like eating out and pigging out...so much for dieting! I need chocolate! Whhaaaaa....I want a plate of brownies! lol...
So much drama today...
God willing, tomorrow will be different.
G-night all.
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Hey, congrats on maintaining. And I gotta say, 20 worksheets for a KINDERGARTNER is too much in one WEEK! If you do decide to homeschool, email me. We've done it from the beginning. My kids are 19 and 17 so I have a lot of years of experience. And it can be done in ANY circumstances. Sending hugs and prayers.
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20 worksheets? Sounds like the "teacher" doesn't know how to teach - just hand out paper!
(gee, want company in the cranky boat????)
My daughter was in a K class of 45 children. One teacher. No aides. I volunteered 3 days a week. The teacher, (who KNEW how to teach) handed out ONE worksheet. The kids had to print their name, identify four shapes, (circle, triangle, square, and rectangle), read four words, (car, cat, dog, tree) and identify 20 letters of the alphabet - mixed upper & lower case. I sat with each kid, helped with the worksheet, the teacher reviewed the sheets so she would know what level each child was at.
Hey! I got a better idea than Brownies! Warm brownies topped with vanilla ice cream!
I read this last night on the phone and wanted to comment but Verizon wouldn't let me! *sniffle* First of all BIGGGG HUGGGGG.
Secondly, yes, that is way too much busy work. Thirdly (is that a word?) - why on EARTH is this wingnut not paying rent? Does she think she doesn't have to since she's trying to buy the house? I say threaten her with EVICTION. It may make the sale of the house fall through, but at least then you could do the repairs and put it on the market or get a better, reliable renter in there. She's a bloomin idiot, bless her heart. ;-)
AS for the homeschooling, your Mom does have a valid point - but I have answers to that. I'll blog 'em sometime soon - hopefully today, God willin and the creeks don't rise. (Sorry, too much King of the Hill. It's making me go Southern all over again, I tell you what.) That said, I have a Kindergarten math curriculum that I have tried and tried to sell - BRAND NEW, worth $80+ - and it keeps falling through. I would gladly *give* it to you for Gabby. The moment I read your post I thought OH no wonder it hasn't sold - Shelby might need it! :-P
We'll get you through this, girlie. I promise!
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