2) Happy, healthy marriages tend to produce happy, healthy kids.
Go figure.
3) My left hand is bare and all the recently divorced dads are noticing. No, we don't have end-of-the-year parent volunteer sign-ups. No, your kid did not in fact mention that you went to WSU back in 1997 for a couple of semesters. Actually, I was 9 at the time sir.
4) The kid who always has seventeen time outs in the day to "re-think about his choices" has 4 younger siblings. Perfect. Job Security. And gray hair. Hopefully for someone else.
5) Oh, your child has been telling you I haven't assigned homework for the last 5 weeks?? That's false. Your child is a very sweet, very pathological liar.
6) ADD is in fact, hereditary.
7) Report cards are a foreign language all of their own. And I can now read and translate this language upside down. In a soothing, comforting manner.
8) Hard conversations are hard. No matter what. Trying to explain to a Mom with 9 kids that her son needs to repeat the first grade is like trying to keep the titanic afloat with a piece of duct tape. The issue is bigger, and goes deeper than I'm qualified, trained and mentally capable of going.
9) Your kid is getting a Wii if this conference goes well?! What in the sam hill...
10) I understand my students a thousand times better than I did at the start of this week. And, I need a glass of wine.
Grant and I are laughing out loud. You crack us up! Grant thinks you should be a Comedian instead of a Teacher. Truly. Funny.
ReplyDeletethis is hilarious! Except no. 8 which is a hard truth! That's what prayer is for :) I'll pray for you for guidance in those convos and in teaching! You are doing a great thing!
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