It's Teacher Conference Time!

Yes, sports fans, it's teacher conference time.

Now I do realize that many of you have not yet begun the school year.  I get that. So considering conferences already seems a bit bizarre.

Next Tuesday August 28th is conference day for the Boy Child.

---sidenote--- the Girl Child's conferences are today. She did not have a conference scheduled because she is getting all A's except for one 89.6% in Social Studies. ---end sidenote--

The teacher sent home grades today in preparation for conferences.

You all DO see this coming, right?

Like a freight train?

Good then, on with the disaster...

So the Boy is getting a 62% in math.

Every night it's a battle with the Practice work (teacher doesn't call it homework) ALL the Practice work is assigned class time to complete.  Teacher says that half the kids NEVER have homework because they finish it in class. Never. And we battle for 4 hours EVERY DAY to get it done.

<<insert expletives here>>>

It's absolutely draining. 

BUT- back to the 62%.

I downloaded additional practice work for him to do. Because if you are getting a 62%, you need to practice more. 

He first fell on the floor and cried out the favorite cry of children aged 5 to 13... "NO FAIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRR!!!!"

Then he collected himself and finished the extra work in about 5 minutes.

Now, dear reader, why, preytell, would this lovely child have a miraculous recovery and finish his homework in such a speedy manner when it is so contrary to the typical behavior of this poor downtrodden soul?

Well obviously because his friends had been knocking on the front door to see if he could play!  At least oh... 10 times? Between knocks and repeated phone calls.  Yep- 10 is right.

SO- even though he doesn't usually give a crap if he has to stay in the house for the entire evening, as long as he DOESN'T have to do his homework, this time he raced through it.  And I checked it.  Then I made him correct his errors.  Which were very few.  And out the door he went.

When you have a 9 year old boy in 5th grade, it absolutely breaks your heart that he is in the house, miserable, not playing with his buddies.  It does!  Totally!  And the boy isn't wanting to sit and play video games.  He wants to play outside. He NEEDS to play outside. --I-- want him to play outside!

So for him to get his PRACTICE work done, AND his extra work done, AND get to go outside... Today did not suck. Magically.

And other tingz-
1) the girl's grades are available in an App. Yes. As in I had to install an app.
2) we have gotten up at 5:30 for the 8:00 bus this week (Monday and Tuesday) because we didn't finish his homework before bedtime
3) the chillrinz go to bed at 8:00 every school night. No. Matter. What. (except that whole "Olympics" thing I mentioned)
4) the Recycle bin did NOT get put out on Monday. Up-side= there was no trashcan in the neighbor's yard either! :D