Our kids finished up their fifth week of school today. This year we have a junior, a fifth grader, a fourth grader, a first grader, a kindergartner, and a preschooler. And I’m concerned about kindergarten again. It has nothing to do with the teacher. I’m more concerned with what kindergarten has become here in Connecticut and […]
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Maybe Some Of The (Unnecessary) Pressure Is Coming From Us
On Tuesday while I was volunteering at the polls for our town budget referendum, a woman asked me a question about how the schools were addressing, in her words, “the huge amount of stress that students are under.” I didn’t really have a good answer for her. For two reasons. One, I have no idea […]
An Open Letter To My Children’s Teachers Regarding Homework
Dear Teachers, I used to be one of you. Overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated. For ten years, up until I got married, I was an elementary school teacher. Back in those single days, before I had kids of my own, I felt pretty strongly about homework. Kids should have it. They should get used to it. […]
This year things will be different. My pledge for this school year.
School starts in a little more than ten days. Every September I do the same thing. I vow to start the school year off differently. And then I disappoint myself by not following through. This year will be different. This year I will not disappoint myself. Because this year I will be realistic. Here is […]
I found something I hate more than emptying the dishwasher.
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