Dealing with it

Thanks for the responses.  It’s nice to know that you’re not the only one sometimes.  That said, for now we will be sticking with the school they’re in.  Compared with some of the other schools in the area, it really is a good school.  It’s far from the ideal, but it has a full time [...]

I’m asking for advice…

Ok, friends.  If anyone actually reads this little blog of mine, I need opinions.  A whole bunch of stuff (that will probably all make it into my new series) and this talk that Amanda posted the other day, which makes me cry, has prompted us to be thinking about schooling and what to do.  I’m frustrated [...]

Things that make me want to pull my kids out of school…

I’m starting a new series entitled “Things that make me want to pull my kids out of public school” just for funsies.  Today’s reason is:
I was on playground duty and had a question about a group of kids.  It went like this:
Me (to the P.E. teacher): “Are those kids supposed to be behind that tree [...]

The Halloween Post

Ahhhh…Halloween.  I remember as a kid loving Halloween so much that I would start thinking about the next year’s costume on November 1st.  Good Times.  I was reflecting on this while driving the kids to school and listening to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on the radio when the kids started fighting in the backseat.  I was [...]