School is Boring
January 25, 2012 by elost
I never thought I’d hear those words from Sherman, the ever eager Grade 2 in our home. She loves school. Not necessarily the work part, but everything else. At least I think she does.
But now I have a seed of worry. What if everything is not alright. We moved her to a new school this year, an independent school for girls and from the moment she arrived she loved it. But maybe the bloom is off the rose. Maybe it’s too hard. Maybe it’s too small and the friends are not getting along. Maybe she got in trouble yesterday and instead of sharing – which she rarely does – she just wants to stay home. Maybe she misses her mom and wants to snuggle in bed all day with me – which I must confess, I’ve thought of keeping her home more than once for just that. Soon she’ll be too big.
Sherman doesn’t tell us much. The more we probe, the more she clams up. She gets that from her dad. He was away for a whole week last week skiing in Revelstoke where there are 16 feet of snow and when I asked how his trip was, he answered, “fine.”
So I don’t really know how things are going. Maybe she was just tired this morning.
At least today is a day I can find out…parent/teacher interviews this evening. I wasn’t the least bit anxious or concerned about them…until now. Maybe there’s a deep dark problem that I will hear about tonight. My child has behaviour issues. My child is belligerent. My child can’t do the work.
My child is just fine, but her mom is a bit of a maniac. That’s probably closest to the truth.