School Days again..........

@celticeagle (160064)
Boise, Idaho
August 28, 2010 9:21pm CST
are here. A friend sent me the funniest YouTube. It caused me to think about the times that some of these options actually entered my mind. One was when there were questions from the school about something I was supposed to have sent back a week or so previously and I had never heard anything about it. No papers ever reached me. This was when I had guardianship of my granddaughter. Have you ever had this happen to you? Or have any of the other options ever entered your mind? why? Below is the YouTube link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C5Rnb7J3sU
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• United States
29 Aug 10
I had the video on speaker and my boyfriend and I laughed so hard. I am still chuckling remembering some of the phrases. Although we are all humans and can have a tendency to forget a thing or two and or did not give out notices for something so important, I truly have to say that this video seriously depicts many of the issues today. Many parents are just so busy and are very quick to blame the school. I have a great example a friend of mine has a 7 year old and I can't begin to tell you how many times she would call me after 9pm at night complaining that her stupid, as she would call her sweet little girl, that she forgot to give me the notice now I have to send treats to school the next day. Now really as adults we forget certain important things in our lives daily, we are human and not machines, how on earth can a 7 year old be expected to remember to inform you. Seriously isn't this the responsibility of the parent to go through the child's bag and check daily. Ugh... Never once would she accept that perhaps she had to do this or take a bit more responsibility. I have to say that this video totally reminds me of this friend of mine.
• United States
30 Aug 10
Two parents would sure be more help but when does not have them we must put more efforts into being attentive as much as we do at our work. I certainly understand that it is not an easy job as I have 2 kids and worked full time as well, but my friend particularly is very irresponsible.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
30 Aug 10
LOL...that's great. I actually deal with the paper thing quite often. Every year I always tell the girls that this year they need to work harder at getting notices home to me..lol..There is a very interesting website available here now in which we can monitor our child's progress online. There are updated notices per day on homework assignments and such so you know if the child is getting their work done and the grade that they made. There are also comment sections where the teacher can put in remarks. Really good tool for parents.
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@celticeagle (160064)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Aug 10
We have that type of website here as well. Kept pretty up to date too. And we can respond back too can't we?
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
29 Aug 10
THe thing here was they didnt send out the list of supplies grand daughter need to take to school. THEy sent out letter for the parents to go on the 27th but didnt send out this list at that time. wehn I went to school to get the list he woman here said it was to be given out on first day of school which is tomorrow. WEll lots of poeple want to buy things befoer then I do beleive they needed to get her stuff together. also at that meeting they are elling they have 780 students registered nd this year is going to a 9 month school they acted like it was going to be a chore doing this . DOnt no what is so hard at handleing this amount of kids all the time!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Aug 10
celticeage oh myG. thats the funniest thing I have heard so far today and I am still grinning. thanks I needed that. I injured my arm yesterday, had a bandage on it which c ame off. I left it off and in my haste to get do wn to breakfast I bumped the darn wound. 'Ouch ouch major pain, bleeding so I trudged over to the nurses' office, she put antibiotic ointment on it then padded it with'huge bandages and taped it down . now major pain so downed three tylenol tablets. so I really needed some fun. oh yes I have wished we had those options when my son was little. He had one math teacher who had a major fit because he did his math in his head and did not show how he did it. My husband asked if he had the correct answers and she said yes but how did she know he was not cheating. My husband said put him by himself away from the others and give him the same problems.'H cannot cheat and you will see he just does them in his head. He aced them all again, we were told he was gifted so we sent himn to a school for gifted children.,
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@celticeagle (160064)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Aug 10
I think you said something about that teacher once before. Nice to have a smart child,huh? My mother taught me to do alot of short math and such in my head too. I think that women doing shopping can really get alot from adding items in their head so they know how much they have spent.
• Canada
29 Aug 10
I remember when I used to go to high school...good times. A lot of the time papers and even report cards didn't come in on time, but when you think of it thats not even what high schools about haha. When things like that came late I was happy because I would save myself an hour long lecture of having to try harder or to become more involved in my schools community. I was a slacker and loved it :)
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@celticeagle (160064)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Aug 10
I was brought up in a single parent home and my mom had no idea what was going on in school. I signed my own truancy cards and mom never knew. Nor did the school. I didn't whatever I liked.