I know we have all either said this to our parents or heard it from our kids over time. Up until this week, I had never once heard it from JBM. These words came out of his mouth on Monday morning and I was shocked! Fourth grade has been challenging. While the work load is not much different, the teacher is...... We went from warm and caring with lots of re-enforcement to aloof and no re-enforcement at all! The other night, I walked into JBM's room to check in while he was doing his homework and found him crying. Just rip my heart out on the spot!
So what do FlyBoy and I see as a result.....self-confidence is plummeting and the desire to do those things he loves outside of school (hockey and piano) are being self questioned as he thinks he no longer has time....excuse me? As a nine year old child, should JBM be soul searching the rest of his life and giving up what he loves? I don't think so.
School conferences are this week and somewhat to my relief, I am hearing similar things from other parents in the classroom. I guess I feel comfort in numbers and we have all decided we need to say something to both the teacher and the administration. Being a member of the school staff, I have to be careful what I say and how I say it. Hmmmm...maybe I need to leave that up to FlyBoy.
We all remember those one or two teachers we loved and hated for the rest of our lives. Guess JBM is starting his list....
As always, thanks for listening...I feel better now.
That happened to us in FIRST GRADE with The Bird. Squeak up! So not right....
ReplyDeleteAck. So sorry to hear that JBM is not having fun. Glad to hear that you will be addressing this at conferences. This is why I hate tenure - bad teachers need to go. Good luck and hugs to my favorite little man.
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