Kids of EB

[akwooly]

my 4th grade teacher was a big black lady (6'2" 275#).  everyone thought she was mean but i didn't think that at all. 

 

[matt267 PE]

my 4th grade teacher was a big black lady (6'2" 275#).  everyone thought she was mean but i didn't think that at all. 

Was she a bear?

 

[akwooly]

Was she a bear?

she was bigger than most bears! 

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Box tops! Seriously, box tops. Whose kid collects 1000+ box tops a month? That's the upper limit for monthly prizes for bringing in box tops at my kids school.

 

[snickerd3]

Box tops! Seriously, box tops. Whose kid collects 1000+ box tops a month? That's the upper limit for monthly prizes for bringing in box tops at my kids school.

that is mom and dad coworkers and grandparents also collecting.  

We collect those too and just over the summer we only managed maybe $5 worth

 

[knight1fox3]

Snick beat me to it. Grandparents! They will hit that like there's no tomorrow. LOL

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Snick beat me to it. Grandparents! They will hit that like there's no tomorrow. LOL

Damn, well my kids are screwed since they don't have grandparents. Mine have passed, and their other ones are estranged.

Being I'm the single source of income, and most coworkers collect for their kids, fat chance. I think I send maybe 30/month to the schools.

 

[knight1fox3]

Damn, well my kids are screwed since they don't have grandparents. Mine have passed, and their other ones are estranged.

Being I'm the single source of income, and most coworkers collect for their kids, fat chance. I think I send maybe 30/month to the schools.

You can buy box tops off ebay. LOL

 

[Road Guy]

You can start an EB wide campaign to send them to you, I can cut for a month so your kid can be "that kid" they all rave about at the school..

 

[snickerd3]

it's going to be a rough first couple weeks with minisnick's "reading" homework as the teacher assesses all their abilities.  minisnick was reading harder books in kindergarten AR program and they have had to read the same 4 page story all week so far.  Pam ran up.  Pam ran down.  Dan ran up. Dan ran down.  Minisnick was reading dr suess this summer.

 

[matt267 PE]

it's going to be a rough first couple weeks with minisnick's "reading" homework as the teacher assesses all their abilities.  minisnick was reading harder books in kindergarten AR program and they have had to read the same 4 page story all week so far.  Pam ran up.  Pam ran down.  Dan ran up. Dan ran down.  Minisnick was reading dr suess this summer.

What grade?

 

[snickerd3]

What grade?

he is 1st grade this year and I realize not everyone started reading last year so they have to start somewhere, but if he is stuck at this level for too long he will get bored.  He has to read one of his books from home every night too so he doesn't regress

 

[MA_PE]

It's the "no child left behind" BS.  It drags the more ambitious kids down to the "average" level so the schmucks don't feel bad.  In case you have noticed it's what the gov't is doing to the middle class as well.

Keep him challenged at home.  hopefully, they'll make some advanced classes available soon.

 

[matt267 PE]

Nothing wrong with being an "average schmuck."

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

he is 1st grade this year and I realize not everyone started reading last year so they have to start somewhere, but if he is stuck at this level for too long he will get bored.  He has to read one of his books from home every night too so he doesn't regress

What? Kids here start reading within the first few weeks of K. Is that not the standard now?

 

[Road Guy]

all my kids read Stephen Kings "The Stand" in Kindergarten

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

You can start an EB wide campaign to send them to you, I can cut for a month so your kid can be "that kid" they all rave about at the school..

Thanks, but no. Last year, the kids who sent in a min of 50 (no upper limit given) for the month got some kind of trinket they could collect. If they had all of these trinkets by the end of the year, they got an award. I sent my youngest to school the first three months with exactly 50 (had many from saving over the summer). After that, we didn't meet the 50 quota, and just sent what we had. She ended up getting an award anyway. This tells me she was counted as one of the kids who sent in the most.

This year, when I saw the 1000+ a month upper limit, I was a bit shocked. I guess they have had a kid send in that many.

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Seriously, I honestly thought reading in K was the norm now. I'm not trying to say my kid is smarter than anyone else's. Edit: Neither of mine are considered outstanding students, just average.

 

[MA_PE]

Nothing wrong with being an "average schmuck."

Speaking as one, I agree, but in today's society everyone must be a superstar.

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Speaking as one, I agree, but in today's society everyone must be a superstar.

Yeah, well, I think a lot of that superstardom is painted on and glitterfied.