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Food has been pretty good—new month, new start—yada, yada; my same old song…..I’m currently up 7 and have convinced myself that it’s my body getting ready for winter….
Been busy, officially taking today off from going out. Thurs. I ended up taking A. to dental surgeon for a swelling between gum and cheek; he says normal post-op swelling (after almost 6 weeks??), no signs of infection (good!!) hmmmm…then we did our volunteer stint at the riding stables….I had a therapy horse who wanted nothing more than to eat grass so it was a slow go…….Fri..sleepy, groggy am again; went back to bed and woke at 11am….afternoon, evening: helped the running club give out race packets for big race this week-end (A. couldn’t do this race)…..Sat. up @ 600am and out by 8am to senior regional tryouts for orchestra—-required to tryout, no danger she’s gonna make this one; something like 300+ violins for 40 spaces……then off to an afternoon invitational high school cross country race in another city…mowing job..forgettable movie…we got in about 1opm last night, long day but I sure slept well….
Under the heading of ‘here we go again’……A got royally hassled by a teacher for carrying a drawstring bag with a logo from a 5K she ran that said: “The Vineyards of ——”. There is a school policy of not allowing anything advertising drug or alcohol use AND I think this is a very good and needed policy. The Vineyards of —– is simply the name of an upscale development where the race was held about an hour from here and a vineyard is simply where grapes are grown. Grrrrrrrrr! Reminds me of when she was in 6th grade and very proudly carrying a purse to school for the first year; her English teacher (who knew her well by then, it was Oct. or Nov.) told her she couldn’t carry the purse she had (no bigger than any others) because……..it was large enough to carry a GUN. No. I am not joking!!! This resulted in an apology to her by that teacher and an apology phone call to me from the person also. Teaching is NOT an easy profession, frankly, it would take a lot of money to get me into it and I know I wouldn’t last a week cause I’d be banging heads together (students and their parents) but PLEASE can’t they stick to dicipline issues that are really issues???? She has had many wonderful, dedicated teachers—still raves about her 2nd grade teacher, 6th grade science teacher, and 8th grade algebra teacher—since I’m complaining I’ll give credit where it’s really due. If she does something wrong (and she has) I have NO problem with them calling her on it. In honesty, I know I’m stricter than most.
I just finished a book by an English author I hadn’t read before: Robert Goddard; a mystery (Into The Blue) and rather good, I thought. I’ll be looking for more by him…..
Making stew later….have a good day, chickadees…
September 30th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Hmmmm. Up seven after all that exercising you’ve been doing plus good food choices? Now THAT’S got to be an annoyance. But there was a good article posted recently about scale fluctuations which I’ll send you once I track it down. It sure was a good arguement against weighing too often.
Glad there’s no apparent infection with A, too. Oh, you know, through four children and 30+ years, I have had frequently to remind myself that teachers are people, too, and some simply lack common sense (and worse) just like non-teachers do. Of course that wasn’t hard to figure out, what with my EX being a teacher who eventually made it all the way to principal (with me writing all of his papers through college and grad school along with my own; he is functionally illiterate, and I’m NOT exaggerating, but can talk a good enough game until you try to pin him down to making any real sense). There are, lucky for their students, some really gifted and inspired teachers who have a lasting positive impact. There are others that should at best, be forgotten about as soon as possible. My daughter’s husband, ironically, is a math teacher on HIS way up who is, I’m thankful to say, one of the inspiring ones. Get some common sense, too, which is an increasingly rare commodity these days.
Oh! If you’re a reader (I am!) you might want to check out Marge Piercy’s books. One, called “Gone To Soldiers” is by far one of the best novels I’ve ever read.
Take good care, my dear…enjoy the stew…(I LOVE stew!)
E!
September 30th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
I truly do know that degrees don’t always make good competent professionals; one of the absolute worst nurses I ever worked with had her masters. She could also talk a good story (endlessly), but as for actually getting her to do her work and do it right, well, good luck. I know “bad apples” happen in all professions, I just refuse to let them get away with it anymore w/o calling them on it–cranky in my old age…..
A was fine, she just turned on her heel and walked away at a point that seemed close to the end or the rant. She’s learning.
September 30th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
A is a kewl kid. I like her a lot.
E!
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:19 pm
I agree a hundred percent- as a teacher I have learned to pick my battles!! I can’t imagine saying such a thing to a kid-especially a 6th grader! In the jr high in the town I teach in, the girls are ENCOURAGED to carry their purses for sanitary/girl reasons and for safety of the purses themselves. Sigh. It’s idiots like those teachers that give the rest of us a bad rap!!!