Stuff
First-graders stuff. I remember doing math in workbooks… reading aloud in reading groups, coloring/drawing, and trips to the library. I lived in Eureka as a first-grader… Ridgewood Elementary. I went back not that long ago… the school seemed much smaller than I remember it. But then again, everything is so big to you as a small person.
I’d love to start all over again in first grade. I’d only change on big thing, but otherwise would pretty much do what I did. I loved school! (I still do, but it’s gotten so gosh-darn expensive!)
At least your old elementary school was still a school. I went back to my old elementary school a few years ago, to learn it had been turned into a day care center . . . 8^O
I once found myself inside Walmart on the evening after the first day of school. The school supply aisle was full of moms grabbing things off the shelves and their kids arguing over what they “needed” (translation: “wanted”) for school. I told the guy standing next to me, “I’m not sticking my hand in there.”
Pete…. I enjoyed the art parts of school… which many kids today don’t get. I really think there ought to be 2 schools… one for performing/literary/visual arts and one for the math & sciences. I was a real right-brainer. I think if they teach to your strengths rather than teach to everything, we’d have a more successful learning experience.
Uh… that turned into a little bit of a rant. Sorry.
DCS… ooo, well at least kids are still there, I guess…
Yat… Smart man. Back to School is the busiest time of year after Christmas. Don’t go there if you don’t have to!
Brig, I teach and I agree with you. I think trade, technical, and “the arts” are under appreciated. But, those schools also cost more to operate. Money is usually the major culprit in educational decisions.
Oh boy, we had those two. Absolutely adorable little bugger. and so polite and nice! I let them drive the ferrari (the bright red caddies we use at work) and they feel Very Important when choosing their stuff…
drfuse… Money can make things possible and impossible at the same time. It’s a shame.
Val… ha ha! Drive the ferrari… Yes, they want to feel important… it builds confidence if you let them do stuff. Hope your Back-to-School sales are going well! Smiles! Any catastrophes? One time I didn’t order enough 18×24 sketch pads and we ran out… and it was on EVERYBODY’S class list. Yikes! I learned my lesson!
Yes, a big one. The sales start today without warning… It was supposed to start monday. We are so not ready it’s not funny, especially since they did the information reunion about what is in sale… two hours before the unexpected beginning (computer trouble they said, ha ha ha, I’m going to die, but first, I’ll decease.)
Brig: I had it very lucky. The school was a Lutheran parochial school, and about a third of the congregation were farmers, which meant our school lunches were always fresh meat, dairy and produce. (And honey! One of the farmers – or more; I don’t know – was a beekeeper.)
And our school day was a little longer, so we had full arts, as well as music, which is an absolute necessity with Lutherans. I learned to read music in first grade, was singing 2-part harmonies in 2nd, 4-part in 3rd, and was learning saxophone in 4th. Arts were wonderful and daily, as was memory work and languages. (German and a smattering of Russian.) But we kept all the math, reading, sciences, AND three recesses. A long, busy day, but fun! (Except when the temperature dipped below -22F and we weren’t allowed outside.)
Val… that is SOOOO Randie at The ARtbox! That always happened to her! You ARE RANDIE!
Pete… Wow… you are so fortunate. Most kids are lucky, here in Salinas, if they get more than what’s served at school (to eat). It is so sad. Arts are what is slid in by their teacher (who is hopefully somewhat adept) and music is only sometimes. It’s a hard job for kids here. No wonder many kids get into gangs and drugs. Sigh.