Good morning, we had another white out yesterday and we woke up to snow covered mountains, decks and cars. Fabulous…seriously rethinking this move.
Jagger’s English teacher had the students write a “personal crafted piece” to be turned in for her eyes only and she then decided on Thursday to have the students share with the class, claiming the classroom is a “Safe Place” to share personal thoughts. Jagger said he was perfectly fine to turn his assignment in to his teacher, but the requested content was very personal and he didn’t want to share with the class. If he had known he would need to share with the class he would have constructed a completely different piece. The kids are only graded on the piece…not sharing. He asked if I would pick him up early and stated his reasons and logic sufficiently, so I picked him up early.
Ty got all of his missing assignments turned in for full credit because they were absent missing which means he was absent the day the content was addressed in class. He is on Student Council and an Advisory Committee and they all went out for Chinese food for a celebration. Ty’s Mandarin teacher is the Advisory lead, so they all ordered in Mandarin. He said he had a great day until he got back to school for Science and Mr. Falk had the class watch a live vaginal birth. He said it was so gross…the baby was covered in blue slime. Poor guy…I don’t remember ever watching a live birth, not even in my prenatal classes.
One of the upper class teachers approached Jagger and asked if he would prefer to stay at VMS to which he replied, “Of Course”. When he got in the car he stated, “What the Hell”, they all know the we aren’t staying because $52,000 plus school trips and sports…more like $60,000 is too much of a financial strain for our family.
Ty’s class received their enrichment classes yesterday and his name wasn’t up on the board, so when he in got the car he was sad as well. He told me VMS added new computer coding classes and virtual reality computer design for next year, so that added to how bummed he was/is.
I’m cleaning today. Jagger is studying for finals and Ty is finishing up his History project and a Graphic Novel on history as well. Ty would have all his homework in on time with straight A’s if every assignment was in Graphic Novel form. There’s a suggestion for the schools that would certainly benefit my kiddo.
Doug is enjoying, “Italian Disneyland” so he can fill you all in on the European adventure’s tomorrow.
Hope everyone is well.