Friday, August 20, 2004
"one of those moms...."
sierra had her kindergarten orientation today! she got to meet her teacher and her new classmates and she had a great time. one of my good friends from high school and college is now the gym teacher there. he kept mentioning that he couldn't believe he was teaching gym (he was in the education school at uva studying sports medicine) but he said it truly is the best and most rewarding job he could ever imagine. of course, as i was trying to have a somewhat mature conversation with this friend that i hadn't seen in a long time, sierra runs up and grabs my boobs - how embarrassing!! she was just so excited to be there she was going crazy.
i just hope this enthusiasm continues to wednesday morning when she'll be boarding the school bus for the first time and be whisked away into the trustworthy (we'll see) hands of our local government employees. we even landed ourselves in the principal's office today, as I had specific concerns about sierra's teacher. someone told me that the teacher she was assigned might not be the "best" teacher and of course that got me a little upset, as she was one of the top scorers on the pre-assessment tests they were given, so I assumed she'd have the "good teacher". the principal assured me that i should not worry about her being challenged, etc and that her teacher is a very good teacher (well, of course, what else can he say)... but at least my concerns have been noted in the event that the teaching situation is not as good as he assured it was.
I'm sure some people might think i'm overreacting a bit, after all this is kindergarten, but i just know what happens to smart kids when they are bored and not challenged and it just kind of pains me to think of my little girl, who we are constantly working with and teaching new things, sitting around bored or misbehaving while she waits 6 months for everyone to learn their letters and numbers and how to count by 5s and 10s.
In other related news, I signed up to help with art projects in class, field trips and parties - yup, i'm now one of those moms (hard to believe i'm the same person who was handing out ones to Cody at Camelot just last year - I'm sure the other parents would be thrilled). I guess this will be my taste of what it's like to be able to try to control a group of children and will make or break any chance of me considering elementary education as a future career. Recently, there was a technology instruction position posted at the elementary school and I labored over whether to apply for it and finally decided against it, as I have a fear of dealing with groups of children. I'm one of those people that's good with their own children, but not really with anyone else's, I guess....so hopefully that will change for the better this year.
Tomorrow, we're headed down to VA Beach for our niece's baby shower. I actually learned how to sew for this one and bought some cute baskets and then sewed some liners for them with some cute pooh fabric that I found and then filled them with all the necessities that I could think of. I'm hoping there will be some good pancit there! One food item my sister-in-law is preparing should provoke a little commentary - pe*is pasta - it's a boy, afterall! What will they think of next?
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sierra had her kindergarten orientation today! she got to meet her teacher and her new classmates and she had a great time. one of my good friends from high school and college is now the gym teacher there. he kept mentioning that he couldn't believe he was teaching gym (he was in the education school at uva studying sports medicine) but he said it truly is the best and most rewarding job he could ever imagine. of course, as i was trying to have a somewhat mature conversation with this friend that i hadn't seen in a long time, sierra runs up and grabs my boobs - how embarrassing!! she was just so excited to be there she was going crazy.
i just hope this enthusiasm continues to wednesday morning when she'll be boarding the school bus for the first time and be whisked away into the trustworthy (we'll see) hands of our local government employees. we even landed ourselves in the principal's office today, as I had specific concerns about sierra's teacher. someone told me that the teacher she was assigned might not be the "best" teacher and of course that got me a little upset, as she was one of the top scorers on the pre-assessment tests they were given, so I assumed she'd have the "good teacher". the principal assured me that i should not worry about her being challenged, etc and that her teacher is a very good teacher (well, of course, what else can he say)... but at least my concerns have been noted in the event that the teaching situation is not as good as he assured it was.
I'm sure some people might think i'm overreacting a bit, after all this is kindergarten, but i just know what happens to smart kids when they are bored and not challenged and it just kind of pains me to think of my little girl, who we are constantly working with and teaching new things, sitting around bored or misbehaving while she waits 6 months for everyone to learn their letters and numbers and how to count by 5s and 10s.
In other related news, I signed up to help with art projects in class, field trips and parties - yup, i'm now one of those moms (hard to believe i'm the same person who was handing out ones to Cody at Camelot just last year - I'm sure the other parents would be thrilled). I guess this will be my taste of what it's like to be able to try to control a group of children and will make or break any chance of me considering elementary education as a future career. Recently, there was a technology instruction position posted at the elementary school and I labored over whether to apply for it and finally decided against it, as I have a fear of dealing with groups of children. I'm one of those people that's good with their own children, but not really with anyone else's, I guess....so hopefully that will change for the better this year.
Tomorrow, we're headed down to VA Beach for our niece's baby shower. I actually learned how to sew for this one and bought some cute baskets and then sewed some liners for them with some cute pooh fabric that I found and then filled them with all the necessities that I could think of. I'm hoping there will be some good pancit there! One food item my sister-in-law is preparing should provoke a little commentary - pe*is pasta - it's a boy, afterall! What will they think of next?
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