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<blockquote data-quote="momslove" data-source="post: 348304" data-attributes="member: 2181"><p>I'm sorry I never got back to this before now. I've been busy with other things over the last several days. </p><p></p><p>Mr. Principal talked to husband on Thursday for over an hour. (husband was under the impression they were discussing something that happened <em>that </em>day, rather than the day before.) Lots was said about how no one can be sure difficult child is doing his work on the easy child or not, because he's stays at his desk (oh no!) and sits there so quietly (the horror!) that they forget he's there. (Gee, whatever happened to teachers that made a point of walking around the room to see what their students were doing? I guess they don't do that at all anymore, but that's the way it was when I was in school. And if they weren't walking around, they were looking around the room at regular intervals, at least.) Mr. Principal said there was no way for them to know if difficult child was doing work on the computer, or playing a game on a website. (Don't think I mentioned that in my OP, but <em>that </em>is what he was doing instead of assignments. Playing a game, or reading his library book.) They had never thought of making sure difficult child was sitting close enough to the teacher for them to be able to see what web page he was actually on, I guess. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> But then, what seems to be a very simple matter to me apparently is not, from their point of view. </p><p></p><p>The computer screen getting messed up didn't happen when difficult child hit the desk. He was pressing on the lcd screen with his finger, looking at the colors or whatever that appeared when he pressed, and it messed it up. That's about all I heard was said on that matter, so I guess they weren't as concerned about it as I thought they were? Not sure.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, a lot of stuff was said, most of it a repeat of all the conversations we've ever had with them. Iit ended with husband agreeing that difficult child would remain at home the next day (Friday). He was under the impression it was a punishment of sorts for something that happened <em>that </em>day, and was a little ticked off when he realized it was about the previous day. But it was fine with me. The school and difficult child got a break from each other. That was also the last day of school before spring break, so it's a nice long break. LOL</p><p></p><p>So everyone's stress level in the house immediately went down. We enjoyed a nice long weekend with the kids, and we didn't talk about any of this stuff the entire time. It was very nice to just let it all be for a while! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Spring break is proving to be very relaxing for all of us. The worst we've had to tackle so far is bickering between brothers over whose turn it is to do one of the chores they have to do. LOL</p><p></p><p>Ok, so there's the update... gimme a bit to write out another post, in order to respond to what was said while I was away. This post is probably long enough as it is. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="momslove, post: 348304, member: 2181"] I'm sorry I never got back to this before now. I've been busy with other things over the last several days. Mr. Principal talked to husband on Thursday for over an hour. (husband was under the impression they were discussing something that happened [I]that [/I]day, rather than the day before.) Lots was said about how no one can be sure difficult child is doing his work on the easy child or not, because he's stays at his desk (oh no!) and sits there so quietly (the horror!) that they forget he's there. (Gee, whatever happened to teachers that made a point of walking around the room to see what their students were doing? I guess they don't do that at all anymore, but that's the way it was when I was in school. And if they weren't walking around, they were looking around the room at regular intervals, at least.) Mr. Principal said there was no way for them to know if difficult child was doing work on the computer, or playing a game on a website. (Don't think I mentioned that in my OP, but [I]that [/I]is what he was doing instead of assignments. Playing a game, or reading his library book.) They had never thought of making sure difficult child was sitting close enough to the teacher for them to be able to see what web page he was actually on, I guess. :confused1: But then, what seems to be a very simple matter to me apparently is not, from their point of view. The computer screen getting messed up didn't happen when difficult child hit the desk. He was pressing on the lcd screen with his finger, looking at the colors or whatever that appeared when he pressed, and it messed it up. That's about all I heard was said on that matter, so I guess they weren't as concerned about it as I thought they were? Not sure. Anyway, a lot of stuff was said, most of it a repeat of all the conversations we've ever had with them. Iit ended with husband agreeing that difficult child would remain at home the next day (Friday). He was under the impression it was a punishment of sorts for something that happened [I]that [/I]day, and was a little ticked off when he realized it was about the previous day. But it was fine with me. The school and difficult child got a break from each other. That was also the last day of school before spring break, so it's a nice long break. LOL So everyone's stress level in the house immediately went down. We enjoyed a nice long weekend with the kids, and we didn't talk about any of this stuff the entire time. It was very nice to just let it all be for a while! :happy: Spring break is proving to be very relaxing for all of us. The worst we've had to tackle so far is bickering between brothers over whose turn it is to do one of the chores they have to do. LOL Ok, so there's the update... gimme a bit to write out another post, in order to respond to what was said while I was away. This post is probably long enough as it is. lol [/QUOTE]
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