tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post5655038330048174884..comments2024-03-18T02:14:50.959-07:00Comments on ADORED BY HORDES: MarcLordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-71246275021033212542011-02-01T15:35:27.652-08:002011-02-01T15:35:27.652-08:00Wow, Bee. You are GOOD. But of course we knew that...Wow, Bee. You are GOOD. But of course we knew that. ;-)MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-53760488374023823472011-01-29T06:11:03.116-08:002011-01-29T06:11:03.116-08:00Isabelita, that occurred to me to. Leaders? In f...Isabelita, that occurred to me to. Leaders? In first grade?? Cripes.<br /><br />Lil'Bee turned 5 at the beginning of January, and I figure we might get another year out of the "Santa thing." This year, we wrapped a few of the "Santa" presents. We do a three-pronged christmas to save my sanity: Eve is gifts from mom & dad. Christmas morning is Santa. Christmas afternoon is reserved for the grandparents. So, she opens mom & dad presents on Eve, all is good in the world. While we're wrapping a few of the "Santa" presents, I told Mr. Bee "I bet she recognizes this wrapping paper."<br /><br />Mr. Bee: "No way, she'll be too busy with her loot."<br /><br />Me: "Yeah, you watch."<br /><br />Sure enough, Christmas morning, she runs downstairs, looks around, and says "Why does Santa have the same wrapping paper we do?"<br /><br />Mr. Bee: deer in headlights.<br /><br />Me, liar to beat all liars: "Santa gets his wrapping paper at Target, just like we do. He found it's more cost effective than having elves make paper, considering the price of lumber these days."<br /><br />A story she totally bought. At least this year :)Beekeepers Apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03147256400096114177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-31854008852431710182011-01-25T15:59:06.888-08:002011-01-25T15:59:06.888-08:00Iz,
glad you brought up a direct boy who doesn&#...Iz, <br /><br />glad you brought up a direct boy who doesn't suffer fools and is smart enough to live and build a life close to you. ;-) Things have improved greatly for LRB over the past couple weeks, maybe even in a fundamental way.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-71927691962029675722011-01-21T19:33:35.371-08:002011-01-21T19:33:35.371-08:00Sigh. Having brung up a very - um - direct - boy...Sigh. Having brung up a very - um - direct - boy, I can empathize.<br />At age 29, he still doesn't suffer fools.<br />But as a person who has taught every age from pre-school into high school, I wonder at a FIRST GRADE teacher who has identified "leaders" in her classroom... WTF?! They're little kids! <br />Well, good luck on the continuing and never-ending journey of parenthood. Just keep communicating with your kids, all will be well.isabelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175928587455507236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-42077785647743977532011-01-21T07:57:04.349-08:002011-01-21T07:57:04.349-08:00кино новинки скачать бесплатно скачать mp3<a href="http://www.rutubes.net/27...gru-adrenalin-2-chas.html" rel="nofollow">кино новинки скачать бесплатно</a> скачать mp3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-43859564786799643392011-01-19T14:05:48.293-08:002011-01-19T14:05:48.293-08:00Rachel,
You found me. Are you San Diego Rachel, o...Rachel,<br /><br />You found me. Are you San Diego Rachel, or NY State Rachel? I'll assume NY.<br /><br />1) we're thankful he's able to stay in his seat for most of the day;<br />2) and that would mean not shopping on Christmas Eve; <br />3) good idea;<br />4) he has a vivid and free-roaming imagination, with class clown tendencies, and rarely suspects anyone's ulterior motives <br />5) it's an option school, new this year, and yes he's seeing a district child psych in a 1x/week "friendship group"<br />6) it would be surprising if any kid there knows about St. Nicholas<br />7) we generally expect to educate him ourselves, but staff quality at this school is quite high, having had the pick of the district (125 interview candidates per teaching slot)<br />8) I don't really want to think about what school "support procedures" would be if he slapped anyone. Is there a patron saint for bureaucracy?MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-7623511691957567312011-01-19T13:45:45.731-08:002011-01-19T13:45:45.731-08:00Vincent,
no apologies required or desired, the w...Vincent, <br /><br />no apologies required or desired, the whole thing seems bizarre to me, too, making it blogworthy. In fact I much appreciate your view from across the cultural ramparts, it provides nice feedback on (my) sanity. And I've always appreciated your feedback, especially when it's push-back.<br /><br />Fortunately we'd stifled initial amusement, as it became clear the teacher viewed the matter with grave concern. Public schools are really uptight here, such that it's difficult to comprehend or convey, and on top of that deep budget cuts are being made in almost every public district. <br /><br />When I went to school teachers could still get away with abuse, it seemed like they could have with murder, too, but now they live in constant fear of litigation and being laid off. The turmoil and tension level in our district, a relatively prosperous US city, is clear off the charts of my experience.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-14048608582026623912011-01-19T08:44:23.566-08:002011-01-19T08:44:23.566-08:001) it's hard to have a smart boy, in an early ...1) it's hard to have a smart boy, in an early (ie, young kids) education system rigged in favor of girls and their compliant well behaved selves (most of 'em, at least)<br />2) don't wait until Christmas Eve to wrap<br />3) lego.com<br />4) your kid has the right kind of 'magical thinking'<br />5) how many years is he at this school? how long has the principal been there? is he having talks with the school counselor yet. I wanna punch ours...<br />6) no one brought up Saint Nicholas, huh? no Catholic kids or just bad Catholic parents/catechism. Maybe that's the real problem...<br />7) as hard as it is to have a smart boy, it's even harder to be a smart parent - don't bother thinking about the teacher(s) in years to come that aren't (there will be many)<br />8) hee hee.. standing on a desk an declaring - way to be BIG kid and be heard! at least he didn't SNAP OUT OF IT face slap his classmates. That woulda been worse, right??<br /><br />--RRachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-68808330072372808812011-01-19T02:18:53.828-08:002011-01-19T02:18:53.828-08:00Please accept my apologies for doubting any detail...Please accept my apologies for doubting any detail of your account. What I couldn't believe was that the teacher or other children should take your son's "Emperor's New Clothes" moment at all seriously. And since the reality, or not, of Santa Claus is not part of the curriculum, I'd imagine the teacher in UK moving swiftly on without reference to the topic, only to the need for classroom discipline. She would mention it to the parent as an amusing incident the next time a scheduled parent-teacher discussion took place.<br /><br />I didn't take into account the cultural differences between us. Here, we take refuge in vagueness, ambiguity, apologies, irony, self-deprecation and laughter, even when the subject may be deadly serious. In this manner, we try and avoid the confrontations which Americans seem to delight in inflaming at every opportunity. <br /><br />I don't mean you, of course (he said, taking refuge in the usual things listed above, as appropriate).Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-5799501599203441532011-01-18T09:58:24.810-08:002011-01-18T09:58:24.810-08:00Thanks for the kudos, Vincent, but the particulars...Thanks for the kudos, Vincent, but the particulars told themselves in this case, and are as precise as memory allows. We've all been there in one way or another so that's the handy part of the story. I too held belief together for comity's interests, for some years after the neighboring boy showed me the pre-wrapped presents under his older brother's bed. <br /><br />But I seriously wonder if it was better to support my son and how he successfully face the inconsistencies, instead of patching things over socially. Certainty is powerful, but doubt is paradoxically moreso.<br /><br />What I neglected to mention is that while he a good day at school the next morning after my advice, the day after that he was sent home for acting out and melting down a few times. So these questions are honest ones, particularly to a dissident-style family.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-76486736765266652392011-01-18T00:58:14.073-08:002011-01-18T00:58:14.073-08:00A nicely told story, which means it is probably as...A nicely told story, which means it is probably as full of half-truths and poetic licence as most anecdotes, for the dramatic effect. Which means that Santa Claus is part of a continuum of metaphors, allusions and half-truths, in which we are condemned to live till the fantasies are halted by the incontrovertible fact of death, though there are plenty to prevaricate about that, too.<br /><br />I remember the inconsistencies myself - the wrapping paper used by Santa being of the same design I saw my mother buy, and so on. Still the belief held together for a bit, because I wanted it to. And that’s a habit I still haven’t quite got rid of. Who has?Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com