Don't get me wrong, the jumping is beyond wonderful. It's a great opportunity. I think our P.E. teacher is a saint. I just don't need to be at every single thing.
One of the other mothers who has three children spaced way out and has had a child in the school for 12 years, looked at me and said, "This is my 105th performance."
Her eyes were all glazed over and she looked like a zombie.
So I went back and forth in my mind a thousand times whether I would ditch it. The day before when I went into the office to get my guest pass to work at lunch, one of the ladies who works at the school and has a daughter that goes there and is on the jump rope team, said, "You are so lucky. I would give anything to go watch Sunflower perform. I have to work and I miss them all. You are so lucky!!!"
So I looked at my zombie friend and told her how lucky we were. Then we conspired to get out of there before the second performance so we could hit Target on the way home.
Maybe by the 105th performance I watch, I'll have a decent camera to take indoor pictures.
When I finally made my mind up to go, I had one minute to get to the school and as I pulled out of the driveway, I could hear fire engines and police cars. As I got closer to the school, I could see all the children out on the playground and then I saw the emergency vehicles pulling into the school. Was the school on fire?
I stopped by the chainlink fence and my kids were yelling at me, "Mom. Mom. Mom. The school's on fire!"
And sure enough, it was.
Turns out one of the teachers put popcorn in the microwave and hit 20 minutes instead of 2 minutes and then went outside to get her kids and by the time they got back in, the microwave had started on fire and smoked the kids out.
Nobody got hurt and there was minimal damage, except during the evacuation, Amanda's lunchbox disappeared into the abyss, never to be found again, and now I have to buy a new stainless steel BPA-free water bottle, a new thermos, and a new lunchbox. So the fire cost me $40.
When I told Greg after the kids went to bed, he bellowed, "GODDAMN IT. She'll go with a paper sack now. GODDAMN IT!"
The poor teacher was traumatized beyond belief about it and we all felt so bad for her. It could happen to anyone. I really don't think it was her fault though. These were the instructions next to the microwave for how long you keep the popcorn in.
I think she was just confused.
Since I like to help at the school, I'm going to volunteer to put up less confusing directions.
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You have a such a great sense of humor! LOVE IT!
Good One :)
Seriously??!!. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so much!!. You are hysterical.
I'm trying to get more practice with my camera. My boys are done with me trying to take pics of them. If she has another performance somewhere on our side of town, let me know and I'd be happy to try to get some pics for you!
The bit at the end about the popcorn instructions absolutely cracked me up. You should put that up in the teachers' lounge....
Oh, you're mean, LOL! Yes, I agree, that chart should go up over the microwave, although the poor teachers probably hate the new math as much as you do.
As for the lunch box, it may turn up. Somebody grabbed it hoping there was a twinkie in it. Maybe next week when Greg is packing lunches? Whenever something like that happens, check the bushes at school, the roof and the dumpsters. The little hoodlums like to ditch the evidence. Word..
Haha...I love your confusion posters. Though I've got to tell you that my daughter really struggled with multiplying long numbers in columns. I showed her the lattice multiplication (your first picture, the one with the diagonal lines) and she got it right away. Her multiplication is way way more accurate using that than the traditional way.
You are lucky to be able to go watch your kids at school. But that doesn't mean you always have to like it :) We're all lucky to have clothes on our backs, but that doesn't stop us from complaining when they itch!
That was hysterical! I literally laughed out loud when I saw the two squares!!! Also, I have been following along with the whole math thing and I even showed my twins (3rd grade) the grids, etc... and they have never seen them. So, apparently we don't do "new math" here. I was pretty sure we didn't...I check their work and look at their assignments and had never seen anything that looked like the stuff you posted. Now I'm curious as to why some schools do it and some don't. Interesting to say the least. I have a friend who teaches at our elementary school and I going to ask her. And also, what water bottles do you use? I keep buying crappy ones that leak, etc...I need some good ones that will last forever!
Oh my God ... this one is the most adorable of all the posts that I have read. And I am glad that the kids are all safe and no body was harmed. Waiting for your next post eagerly.
Warmest regards,
Ruby
Love it!
That's why I am glad our microwave has a 'popcorn' button.
Put that up in the teacher's lounge. Laminate it first, so they can't tear it up and throw it out...see how long it takes them to figure out that they would either have to cut it or just toss it out all together. L-O-L!! The math battle wages on here, I will be at the board meeting 2/27
I brought home that lattice multiplication chart (for lack of a better name, I borrowed Anonymous') and showed it to my husband. He's a gym teacher, K-7, and runs an after school care program. I thought he might like to show it to the instructors/teachers; we've never seen anything like it (personally, I learned math before they even developed "new math" let alone anything like this!). We're having a tutoring session so I can explain it to him so he can explain it to them.
Memorization is easier!
please, michele, go back a few posts and re-read my explanation about the "new math" -- arrrrrrrrrgh! give it a chance already!!!!!
As a child who desperately wanted her parents to be at performances, but they often couldn't because of work, let me encourage you to go to every. single. one. It meant everything to me when they were there. Even in college. Not thrilling to them, after the bazillionth one, but it mattered to me.
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