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School’s Not Out Yet

June 6, 2006

I’m spending a lot of time at the boys’ school lately. Last week, Jacob’s class had their final culminating event. Basically, the parents are invited to the classroom to view the projects the kids have been working on since their last culminating event. Jacob did a research project on the grey wolf. As with all the culminating events, parents are instructed to walk around the room, visit with as many of the *36 students as possible, and leave positive feedback for each student on a yellow Post-It note. (I’ll get to the *36 students in one classroom thing in a minute.) I really hate visiting with other people’s children. I’m bad at it.

Two days later was the Volunteer Appreciation Tea, where all the parents who volunteered this year were treated to desserts made by the teachers and staff, as well as a music concert performed by all the different classrooms. The program was a painful two hours long. The younger kids were adorable, but by the time we got to the middle school band, I was ready to leave. Unfortunately, the program was scheduled so it would end just before school ended, so I was stuck there.

Today, Brendan had his final culminating event. He did his research project on the toad. His room was even more crowded than Jacob’s room. I felt like I was always in someone’s way.

Tomorrow, Jacob’s class is having Career Day. Parents are encouraged to come and share the details of their jobs. Naturally, I signed up for this event, if for no other reason than to validate myself to… myself.

Friday is the boys’ eighth birthday. I will be taking cupcakes, or some similar sugary treat to celebrate. Thankfully, Rob has taken the day off to help out. I wasn’t sure how I was going to manage spending sufficient time with both of the boys. Last year, the boys’ birthday was the day after school ended. No treats! This year, school is ending a week later than other schools due to a late start in September. I figure I’ll need *80+ cupcakes to cover everyone. EIGHTY. That’s a hell of a lot of cupcakes.

I know there are some other events scheduled for next week, but I’m having a hard enough time keeping up with this week right now.

(*My boys attend a charter school. The student to teacher ratio is 18-20 students to 1 teacher. BUT each class has a team of two teachers, and thus, 36-40 students per classroom.)

CATEGORY: Twin Tigers, World's Worst Mom

3 Responses to “School’s Not Out Yet”

  1. David Says:
    June 8th, 2006 at 12:30 am

    So it’s June, and y’all are still stuck in school, huh? And I know how long those amateur school programs run…so… when you’re making them cupcakes, well, here’s hoping you dont crack under all that pressure!

  2. Oz Says:
    June 8th, 2006 at 9:55 am

    I’m not very good at complimenting other people’s kids either. In my moms group, the other moms always have these nice things to say about Ella (and the other babies too): “Oh, she’s so cute!” “What a great outfit!” “I love her smile!” etc. etc. These things seem to flow off of their tongues. I have to say to myself, “Tell her something nice about her baby. Pick something and say it.” But then it always comes across (to me) as really forced. So, uh, good luck with that!

  3. Whimsy Chick Says:
    June 8th, 2006 at 2:32 pm

    David, I should have started the cupcakes already. I’m behind schedule!

    Oz, no good advice? You are useless to me.

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