Not much going on these days. Not a lot to post about. CCB's schedule is a little better than it was at Christmas but not much. It should get back to normal soon. I got to have him home the other day because he was sick. I'm not happy he was sick but I was happy to have him near. My son is doing much better, the cough is even gone. My daughter has a bit of a cough but no other symptoms. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her.
I Mailed back the Christmas gift to my cousin. We had opted out of the gift exchange this year and she got an outdated exchange list and thought she had my daughter. I am pleased that we opted out, it would have just irked me too much! Why didn't she call and ask what my kid was into? Why didn't she ask someone who knew my daughter even? ARG. Enough of that.
This is the first school I have ever seen where they don't schedule parent/teacher conferences unless you request it. I never got one last year, I figured we had missed it since the we moved here in the middle of the school year. I did touch base with her teacher over the phone though. This year is half over and still nothing. I finally sent a note to the teacher, she said that we have to call to schedule a meeting with her. Between 2:30 and 3:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday or Thursday. This school really makes it a job for you to be involved. My son naps during that time but I can get around that. It would be so much harder for working parents to ever get in touch with them. I wonder if it's the schools doing or if they just don't have a good response from parents so they gave up. It would be interesting to find out.
Oh well. I suppose I have filled enough space with mindless crud so I'll wish you a Terrific Tuesday and sign off.
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That's really weird that you have to be the one to schedule parent/teacher conferences. I figured it'd be important for a teacher to update the parents on how the kid is doing... strange.
So did your cousin have the wrong kid altogether or did she just confuse your daughter for some other family member?
Bekah- My aunt did the drawing but realized she left someone out so she sent out an email and told everyone to disregard the first list and that she had to draw again. That's when we decided to opt out of the drawing all together. The second list that came out did leave my kids and two others out as requested. It would appear that she used the wrong list.
Oooh, okay.
I think you should pretend to take part in the gift exchange and then send everyone a list of what gifts you want.
Then after you get your cool gifts just tell anyone that asks that you decided to drop out.
Hope you can arrange a parent teacher interview that works for you..
But I love mindless crud...just kidding...this isn't even close to being mindlessly cruddy.
The interview situation is most likely a combination of the school's doing and the lack of interest from parents. My wife is a teacher and is often amused by parents being put out by the fact that they have to show up and take an interest for a whole 30 minutes once a year.
Good to see there's still some like yourself that actually want to be involved
I think they don't want parental involvement. Based on the other issues that have arisen. I think it's rude to not call the parent of the kid whom you've drawn for gift exchange. I can only imagine the horror stories those poor children will have to share in the years to come.....
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