Tew's Day
Administration
Happy birthday to
aussie_nyc and
penmage!
Medical
Meh. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Diesel
Will not be at Diesel tonight, due to ongoing parental invasion.
Elayna
* Progress reports yesterday. Her organizational skills have improved slightly, but not enough. And personally, I'm torn - I think grading them on organizational skills, weighing binder checks as heavily as homework and tests, is bullshit. Total bullshit. At the same time, I don't want to pass this belief on to her, because she does have to toe the line and follow instructions. But it frustrates the hell out of me. The only reason this child isn't a straight-A student is because her binders are disorganized. Yes, the only reason - the progress reports have a breakdown. She has a 100% average on tests in all of her classes.
* Got an automated call from the school late yesterday - her big concert, scheduled for tonight, has been moved to Wednesday night. Which would be no big deal... except for the fact that her grandparents extended their visit through tomorrow morning just to see her in concert, which they never have. And now, y'know, they're screwed. And Elayna's horribly disappointed - she was really looking forward to playing for them. I'm going to call and interrogate them.
* On the bright side, her first soccer practice last night went well. She was painfully shy at the beginning (only knew one girl there), but really got into it by the end, doing a great job in the latter half of the scrimmage.
* She probably needs glasses. Will be looking for a LensCrafters to swing by after school today.
Tears
yunatwilight asked recently if any of the writers on her list had ever been moved to tears by something they wrote. Yes. This, from Blogathon.
Fun for Passover
The Two-Minute Haggadah.
See
cheshyre's journal for bibs printed with the Four Questions!
Daily Science
Fun with black holes!
Daily BPAL
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Happy birthday to
Medical
Meh. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Diesel
Will not be at Diesel tonight, due to ongoing parental invasion.
Elayna
* Progress reports yesterday. Her organizational skills have improved slightly, but not enough. And personally, I'm torn - I think grading them on organizational skills, weighing binder checks as heavily as homework and tests, is bullshit. Total bullshit. At the same time, I don't want to pass this belief on to her, because she does have to toe the line and follow instructions. But it frustrates the hell out of me. The only reason this child isn't a straight-A student is because her binders are disorganized. Yes, the only reason - the progress reports have a breakdown. She has a 100% average on tests in all of her classes.
* Got an automated call from the school late yesterday - her big concert, scheduled for tonight, has been moved to Wednesday night. Which would be no big deal... except for the fact that her grandparents extended their visit through tomorrow morning just to see her in concert, which they never have. And now, y'know, they're screwed. And Elayna's horribly disappointed - she was really looking forward to playing for them. I'm going to call and interrogate them.
* On the bright side, her first soccer practice last night went well. She was painfully shy at the beginning (only knew one girl there), but really got into it by the end, doing a great job in the latter half of the scrimmage.
* She probably needs glasses. Will be looking for a LensCrafters to swing by after school today.
Tears
Fun for Passover
The Two-Minute Haggadah.
See
Daily Science
Fun with black holes!
Daily BPAL
( Collapse )