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September 17, 2008
What a Week ...
The last couple of days of teaching have been tough. One of my children has almost completely mislaid his brain. One quickly mislays his as soon as the going gets tough. And one is finding ever more inventive ways of slipping off Mom's radar and just not doing anything he's told to.
Because of that last one, we're going to have to choose a school start time, and stick to it. He's too belligerent, and too slippery. I don't mind when they want to do things their way, or change things around, or play first and work later; however, when you abuse my flexibility and goodwill, you don't get it any more. And he is pushing every limit he can think of.
It's frustrating when the children present you with their challenges all at once. So right now, every day, I have a disruptive battle of wills with the youngest. Then, I have to muster up the patience after that to work intensively, carefully, and creatively with the next youngest, who will shut down at the first sign of difficulty. And school is hard for him. There's no way around it. He must learn how to face something that's hard, without being upset. And after that, I turn around to realize that the preteen boy brain fog has eaten all of the Latin vocabulary, the monarchs of England, and the multiplication tables. And the kitchen chores.
And I understand that both CPS and the county schools would be perturbed if the Mom/primary teacher started drinking right after lunch.
Connor got a full set of braces this morning. I don't know that he'll let me take pictures to share.
And on Monday night, we met the local Cub Scout pack. This year we'll have four boys in Scouts, so if you never hear from me again, you'll know why. Plus, we were informed that since Aidan has always been behind a year in Scouts, he has to do the entire Webelos program this year - actually, in the next six months. He wants to earn the Arrow of Light. I see now that it's good that we've done no formal science this year - the Webelos program is about to take care of that!
Posted by lynx at September 17, 2008 3:49 PM
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Sigh. I so, so hear you. Belligerent is my middle son's middle name. He was so, so hideous tonight. But I didn't kill him...and I didn't drink until after 10, so all was good. :)
We have only 2 cub scouts for another year or so. Thank goodness. Then it will be 1 boy scout and 2 cub scouts.
Posted by: Gina at September 18, 2008 1:34 AM
It must be a virus going around. That dreaded ailment, brainfog, has had us going around in a few circles as well these past two weeks - and we upped the ante and went as far as to institute a full hour-by-hour schedule (for now, at least) to pull the wandering scholar back around to Earth.
Posted by: Obi-Mom Kenobi at September 21, 2008 8:39 AM