Maybe this is purely anecdotal. Or maybe it’s not. Either way, I want to share this story with you. For the first two years of school, Number 6 cried for a good 50% of every weekday morning. He didn’t want to go to school. He hated school. School wasn’t fun. It was boring. It was […]
empathy
HE GETS IT.
Anyone who knows me knows how I feel about my dad. HE’S THE BEST. My parents are super supportive and I love them both more than I could ever express. But my dad and I definitely have a special bond. One of the reasons for this is that I can look back on the 48 […]
The Test Scores That Really Matter
In our school district, the elementary schools administer tests to the kids in September as a way of assessing reading skills. We just received the results from these tests this past week. As I expected, the kids performed very well. Two of them scored above the 95th percentile in multiple areas. Does it feel good […]