WELL.......YESTERDAY, I WAS IN THE TEACHER OFFICE. MY OLDEST SPANISH TEACHER.........SHE HAD CALLED ME. WHICH I WAS FLOORED..........I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A CALLED FROM ANY TEACHER OF MY GIRL'S.........
SO I WAS SHOCKED.......
SHE HAD CALLED TO TELL ME THAT MY DAUGHTER'S GROUP DID NOT DO HER 6 WEEKS TEST ASSIGNMENT CORRECT. THEY HAD 2 PART TO TURN IN. SHE HAD GIVEN HER A "88" ON THE 1 ST PART. AND A "0" ON THE WRITTEN PART. AND THE TEACHER WAS GOING TO GIVE THEM TILL TOMORROW TO TURN IN THE WRITTEN LATE.......WHICH, LATE PAPER GET NO HIGHER THEM A "70".
SO HERE GOES THE INVESTIGATION...........THE ASSIGNMENT WAS TO DO A NEWS REPORT. THE CLASS WAS DOING THE WORK IN CLASS. THEY HAD 4 DAYS TO PREPARE AND PRESENT IN FRONT OF THE CLASS. WHILE THE TEACHER RECORDS THEM. BASIC, LIKE THE TV NEWS REPORT.................
I TALK TO MY DAUGHTER. SHE INFORMS ME THAT THE TEACHER SAID, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THERE VIDEO (AND JUST THE VIDEO) AT HOME AND TURN IN THE DAY OF TESTING. BECAUSE THE "2 GUYS" WERE SHY ABOUT DOING IT IN FRONT OF THE CLASS. NOT MY DAUGHTER SHE DIDN'T CARE......BUT SHE WENT ALONE WITH THE "GUYS". AS FOR THE WRITTEN, THE TEACHER DIDN'T TELL THEM THEY HAD TO TURN IN........BUT ALL THE PAPER WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE (WHICH THE TEACHER WAS CHECKING EACH DAY) WAS THROWEN AWAY BY 1 OF THE GUYS.
I TALKED TO ONE OF THE PARENTS FROM THE GROUP. AND SHE HAD SPOKEN TO THE TEACHER. SHE EXPLAINED THAT YES THEY WERE GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT AND THE WRITTEN WAS TO BE TURN IN BY THE OTHER GUY, BUT HE THROW IT AWAY. BECAUSE THEY THOUGH THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED THERE ASSIGNMENT. AND WHEN I CALLED THE OTHER GUY PARENT, WHICH I KNOW HIS FATHER. HE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO ME.......BEING RUDE, FOR WHAT REASON. MAYBE BECAUSE OF HIS SON.....BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TREAT ME LIKE THAT. SO I TALKED TO HIS SON; ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPEN. HE BASICALLY SAID THE SAME THING. BUT HE BLAME THE OTHER GUY. THAT HE THREW THE PAPER AWAY, AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO COMPLETE IT AND TURN IN TOMORROW......
WELL, MY DAUGHTER WAS THE ONLY ONE SAYING THAT THEY WAS NO WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT.........AND SPEAKING WITH THE TEACHER. THERE WAS VOCABULARY WORDS THAT WASN'T TURNED IN......AND WHICH THEY HAD DONE IN MANY OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND TURNED IN. SO WHY......WOULD MY DAUGHTER SAY; "NO WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT." ALSO THE TEACHER TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE GUYS WAS TRYING TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR THE WRITTEN, SAYING THAT HE DID ALL THE WORK.......SO WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 2, HE WANTED THE GRADE FOR HIMSELF AND LET THE OTHER 2 GET A "0." I TOLD MY DAUGHTER, WHAT A FRIEND!!!!!!
WELL.......IN THE END. THE TEACHER GAVE THEM A "70" WHICH IT DIDN'T AFFECT HER GRADE TO MUCH. HER GRADE FOR THE 6 WEEKS WILL BE "84." SO SHE WILL PASS. BUT HER GRADES HAVE NOT BEEN LIKE THE PASS......... WONDER IF HOME IS AFFECTING HER OR WORK. WE WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON HER.
LAST NIGHT, MY HUSBAND AND I WATCH THE VIDEO "ELEKTRA." I LOVED IT........MY HUSBAND SAID IT WAS "OK."
IT REMINDED ME OF MY JUNIOR HIGH YEARS..........I WAS SO FIT AND SO ATLETHIC. I LOVED WORKING OUT. I WAS SO IN TUNED WITH MY BODY. I COULD PUSH MYSELF TO REACH MORE. TO GO FOR THE LIMIT OR MORE............I LOVED IT. I NEED TO GET BACK INTO THAT MODE. THESE DAYS, I HAVE BEEN GOING ROUND AND ROUND WITH EVERYTHING.......HUSBAND, KIDS, HOME, JOB HUNTING AND WORKING PART-TIME. EVERYTHING......BUT LOOKING AT JUNIOR HIGH. I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THOSE, HUH.............I HAD TIME FOR MYSELF :: HA, HA :: BUT I LIKE THE MOVIE. IT'S "BUY THE VIDEO" CHOICE.........FOR ME.
WELL........THINGS WITH MY HUSBAND AND I. ARE JUST GOING..........
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE STUCK IN THIS MODE......AND CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. I KNOW (BECAUSE HE TOLD ME) HE IS IN THIS "WAIT AND SEE" MODE...........IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND TO SEE IF WE ARE GOING TO WORK. BUT WHEN WILL IT BE. I KNOW TO TAKE IT DAY BY DAY. I LOVE HIM TO GIVE HIM THIS TIME. AND THAT I MIGHT STILL GET MY HEARTBROKEN. I FIND IT SO HARD BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING.......WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF "JUST US" TIME. WE DO NEED A LITTLE MINI VACATION FOR OURSELF. IF WE HAD THE TIME........
WELL, TILL NEXT TIME..........BRINx
Thursday, April 7, 2005
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I think when we get older we worry about too many others ...we do things for our family, kids, hubby, house..and no time for US to work out and do the things we used to do back then!
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Brin, i wish there was something i could say to make you know in the end its all going to be ok. I have been on the roller coaster you are on with your husband and yourself having these problems. I remember being a teen and with the issues at home having problems at school. Try to take care of YOU...You are important!!!
ReplyDeletelove, lisa
I also wish I had "ME" time...Getting away with your husband would be good, would be good for all of us to have that, right ???
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