What Was That About A Camel?
Now, who was that who said that the first few weeks of school were a complete up and down ride, not unlike the back of a camel?
"But then you will remind yourself that improvement won't come in the form of an incline, but rather in the form of a camel's back - up and down, and up and down, with the final step being up, of course (I suppose that would be on the camel's head)."
Oh, yes - I said that. That being the case, I suppose I shouldn't be at all surprised that we have plummeted down in the Depths Between the Humps this week (although something about that sounds just wrong.)
Here's where we are on Day - whatever.
- Number of children randomly spinning, karate chopping, and attempting full-body gymnastic maneuvers during the more active transition times: 10-12/24
- Number of children morphing into their true personalities to the extent that it involves the dark side of taunting others during play time: ("I got the blue one and you didn't- ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha"): 8/24
- Number of children sitting in
time out"thinking chairs" yesterday after playground time for blatantly disobeying teachers: 5/24 - Number of children jutting their chin out and telling a teacher "NO! - I don't have to do what you say" repeatedly: 2/24
- Number of co-staff members who wholeheartedly want to totally revamp our discipline system, despite my desire to "stay the course" on what we are doing now: 1/2
- Number of children sent home due to a communicable diseases: 1/24
- Number of parents unhappy that a communicable disease dared to show its face in our room: many
However, doesn't this mean that we should be an an upswing soon?
A down like that definitely means an up must be on the way. Hang in there! Mom
Glad you have an experienced teacher like your mom to tell you that it's going to get better. At least I do know that a weekend is on the way, and that's always good! Happy weekend!