Ghoulie eliptical v ST November challenge (Page 53)

Good morning Ghoulies!!!

We had parent teacher conferences yesterday. It is so nice to hear an unbiased party tell you that you have raised a good kid, and I got to hear that twice yesterday!

My son is a very smart boy, we've known this since he was about 18 months old. His teacher just went on and on about him. He's in fourth grade, and the kids are supposed to have jobs in the classroom. My son now does half of the jobs because the teacher doesn't have enough reliable kids to perform the tasks. He told us he's afraid he'll burn our son out, I told him that he was fine, the more you give him to do the more he thrives. His teacher probably told us 6 times that our son is such a deep thinker, that he has a challenge in the classroom just trying to come up with things for our son to do, he wants to challenge him so he doesn't get bored. My son had been tested for the gifted program last year, but we decided not to do it because he works better at his own pace. The administrators supported our decision and his teachers are aware so he generally is given alternative things to do in the classroom which has worked out well for the boy.

My daughter who is in first grade got raving reviews as well. She has some speech issues, which are being worked on, it does affect her reading some, but not enough that we need to be concerned. She reads at level, and her teacher expects her to move beyond this as her speech progresses, so no big deal. She excels at math and is the artistic one in the family. Every month a student from each class is chosen as the Path Kid, it's like a student of the month award. My son gets this every year by November. My daughter didn't get it in Kindergarten, and we didn't understand why. When the teacher was saying about what a joy it is to have her in the classroom, that she's everyone's friend, volunteers for everything, helps everyone and such I asked why she was never chosen as the Path Kid. The teacher said that she was chosen as the November Path Kid, my daughter just doesn't know this yet, and we're not telling her. The teacher has been teaching for 30 years and said you only get a kid like my daughter every 5 or 6 years. That was nice to hear.

So the kids are doing well and I'm happy. A friend of mine took her 2 kids and my 2 swimming last night while we were in conferences. I met them at the Y and because all 4 kids had good report cards I took them out for Pizza then.