It is that time to catch up on
many things… we left each other with thoughts of Lysol and bleach which I am
relieved to say that at this EXACT moment we are good to go. We did go and
celebrate ten years of marriage and the many wonderful/tragic/horrifying/glorious
things that go with it… but enough of that, let’s move on to new things.
As I sit here in the quiet (please, all mighty, do NOT strike me down now) drinking my morning coffee thinking, “Wow, this house can be quiet” and I almost panic. I mean come on; I have two (2) kids in this house and a new addictive game that we apparently HAVE to fight over. I think it must be in some kind of contract they sign when the younger child comes along where it says “fight over nothing and everything” and usually on days when we don’t have to wake up early is the days we are all up before the sun even thinks about it (hint: why I am writing this at 6:30 am and wide awake). Still. The house is still and waiting in anticipation of the lovely monsters to wake and run amok while the mother cries out “Please, Daddy is sleeping so BE QUIET” because nothing says restful sleep like the sounds of kids vs. momma.
Every once and awhile I get the notion that I might want to home school my kids because let’s face it, I question some of the teachings they do get at school (farty fart farthead and so much more). They are getting laptops in 5th grade (yay! and BOO! all at the same time) which they will have their text books, assignments, and homework all done on. Dilemmas you ask…I will tell you only some because this tends to lead into horrible fights amongst wonderful people (confrontation at this hour, na). At first I was extremely happy about this (whoot! A laptop that I don’t have to go buy?! Wonderful idea, maybe) until I was made aware of: 1) the cost should something happen (HELLO! KIDS) 2) when do they use paper anymore? 3)watched several students do an entire day worth of “homework,” then email it to the teacher, and do the next day’s complete work. ***HELLO! What the heck are they doing in school then?! So I asked on girl and she told me she “did some facebookin,’ played some games, and youtube stuff. Nothing major or anything.” ACK! Seriously?! This frightens me but I hope that she was in the minority that do this while at school. HA! I was having second thoughts about our school system when I learned what was considered award winning art projects within the last 3 years and then was told by a student that they didn’t know how to write a research paper. WHAT?!? Either our teachers have forgotten how to teach or we have entirely too much “paper work” for them to do that they can’t do what needs to be done. Yes, I am not a fan of the whole “no child left behind” crap because it seems that since that has started we have seen a decline in teaching. I know that some of you that might be reading this will be offended but suck it up, Buttercup, and deal with it because what you are not teaching my kids, I am. Now with that said I will always fight for teachers’ rights because they are some of the most underappreciated people out there, but if a child goes all the way through high school and never has to write a report, actually pass tests, and do the work required… then I question things. We have enough things wrong with this country that we don’t need to add more people that are not educated into it.
There are some extraordinary teachers out there that go above and beyond the call of their jobs and for those I tip my hat. With all the new “laws” and “rules and regulations” that the government has put into place I can’t imagine that their jobs are easy so please don’t think that is what I am saying. I do however believe that the acts that were put into place to help the kids has indeed backfired and put in a whole new level of hurt to all involved. These teachers are the ones that actually do stay late, encourage the kids to strive, take the time to help them enroll/choose a college, and make sure that they have all the resources they can provide to the kids. These are the ones that need that extra pat on the back but instead are usually thought of being a tough teacher, hard ass, and “slave driver.” We’ve all had them and either realized what they have done or was upset because we couldn’t just “get by.” They push you to become the potential that they see in you and drive you beyond the expectations and limits you put on yourself. Unfortunately for all of us, they are a “dying breed” because either they have all either retired or pushed beyond scared to do it anymore. I dare our generation to become those teachers that we hold high in our thoughts when thinking back at school because most of us don’t remember the “push overs” if you really think about it.
This is again, why I toy with the notion of homeschooling my children. I have many friends that do quite well with it and dual enroll just for the kids to play sports. Hmm, but the real question is: would we all survive?? On some days: YES! and again on others: Hell to the NO.
And this is where my thought processes goes when left alone for too long in a quiet, still, and awaiting house…. time to “wake the dead” (haha) and go to lighter thoughts today. So I bid you, blessed be.
As I sit here in the quiet (please, all mighty, do NOT strike me down now) drinking my morning coffee thinking, “Wow, this house can be quiet” and I almost panic. I mean come on; I have two (2) kids in this house and a new addictive game that we apparently HAVE to fight over. I think it must be in some kind of contract they sign when the younger child comes along where it says “fight over nothing and everything” and usually on days when we don’t have to wake up early is the days we are all up before the sun even thinks about it (hint: why I am writing this at 6:30 am and wide awake). Still. The house is still and waiting in anticipation of the lovely monsters to wake and run amok while the mother cries out “Please, Daddy is sleeping so BE QUIET” because nothing says restful sleep like the sounds of kids vs. momma.
Every once and awhile I get the notion that I might want to home school my kids because let’s face it, I question some of the teachings they do get at school (farty fart farthead and so much more). They are getting laptops in 5th grade (yay! and BOO! all at the same time) which they will have their text books, assignments, and homework all done on. Dilemmas you ask…I will tell you only some because this tends to lead into horrible fights amongst wonderful people (confrontation at this hour, na). At first I was extremely happy about this (whoot! A laptop that I don’t have to go buy?! Wonderful idea, maybe) until I was made aware of: 1) the cost should something happen (HELLO! KIDS) 2) when do they use paper anymore? 3)watched several students do an entire day worth of “homework,” then email it to the teacher, and do the next day’s complete work. ***HELLO! What the heck are they doing in school then?! So I asked on girl and she told me she “did some facebookin,’ played some games, and youtube stuff. Nothing major or anything.” ACK! Seriously?! This frightens me but I hope that she was in the minority that do this while at school. HA! I was having second thoughts about our school system when I learned what was considered award winning art projects within the last 3 years and then was told by a student that they didn’t know how to write a research paper. WHAT?!? Either our teachers have forgotten how to teach or we have entirely too much “paper work” for them to do that they can’t do what needs to be done. Yes, I am not a fan of the whole “no child left behind” crap because it seems that since that has started we have seen a decline in teaching. I know that some of you that might be reading this will be offended but suck it up, Buttercup, and deal with it because what you are not teaching my kids, I am. Now with that said I will always fight for teachers’ rights because they are some of the most underappreciated people out there, but if a child goes all the way through high school and never has to write a report, actually pass tests, and do the work required… then I question things. We have enough things wrong with this country that we don’t need to add more people that are not educated into it.
There are some extraordinary teachers out there that go above and beyond the call of their jobs and for those I tip my hat. With all the new “laws” and “rules and regulations” that the government has put into place I can’t imagine that their jobs are easy so please don’t think that is what I am saying. I do however believe that the acts that were put into place to help the kids has indeed backfired and put in a whole new level of hurt to all involved. These teachers are the ones that actually do stay late, encourage the kids to strive, take the time to help them enroll/choose a college, and make sure that they have all the resources they can provide to the kids. These are the ones that need that extra pat on the back but instead are usually thought of being a tough teacher, hard ass, and “slave driver.” We’ve all had them and either realized what they have done or was upset because we couldn’t just “get by.” They push you to become the potential that they see in you and drive you beyond the expectations and limits you put on yourself. Unfortunately for all of us, they are a “dying breed” because either they have all either retired or pushed beyond scared to do it anymore. I dare our generation to become those teachers that we hold high in our thoughts when thinking back at school because most of us don’t remember the “push overs” if you really think about it.
This is again, why I toy with the notion of homeschooling my children. I have many friends that do quite well with it and dual enroll just for the kids to play sports. Hmm, but the real question is: would we all survive?? On some days: YES! and again on others: Hell to the NO.
And this is where my thought processes goes when left alone for too long in a quiet, still, and awaiting house…. time to “wake the dead” (haha) and go to lighter thoughts today. So I bid you, blessed be.
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