tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post112782994663460814..comments2023-10-25T02:13:10.234-07:00Comments on Roc Rebel Granny: Seven minutes to the next shift 6:55 pdtGrannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1127857868094073452005-09-27T14:51:00.000-07:002005-09-27T14:51:00.000-07:00Ann, you`re right -- I think the verification code...Ann, you`re right -- I think the verification code just made me type a Polish slang word for "vagina."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1127857686532103542005-09-27T14:48:00.000-07:002005-09-27T14:48:00.000-07:00Jen, at least Tommy has an officially recognized p...Jen, at least Tommy has an officially recognized problem -- my kids` problem is spelled E-V-I-L-W-O-R-K-I-N-G-M-O-T-H-E-R, who let them get stronger in their dominant language while we were living abroad. <BR/>Instead of coming home and tutoring them at the end of the day, I would say, hell, let`s go out for ice cream instead of fighting to get you kids to finish your worksheets!<BR/>Good thing I`m not homeschooling. I would be a walking argument against it -- fodder for the anti-homeschooling movement, an example of good intentions gone dramatically awry....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1127852102931289962005-09-27T13:15:00.000-07:002005-09-27T13:15:00.000-07:00So glad to see you got your own blog! I hope this ...So glad to see you got your own blog! I hope this doesn't mean you'll be commenting less on Blogging Baby though--you always add such thoughtful remarks or advice to the discussion. <BR/><BR/>I'll be reading!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1127850069442251962005-09-27T12:41:00.000-07:002005-09-27T12:41:00.000-07:00With L. in our little party, we can exchange notes...With L. in our little party, we can exchange notes.<BR/><BR/>I have a little time between laundry loads. I'll try to explain about the girls then. It's all too common a story, I'm afraid.<BR/><BR/>Is it just me or do those verification code words all seem to spell obscenities in some strange language?Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1127849567940577672005-09-27T12:32:00.000-07:002005-09-27T12:32:00.000-07:00L.-- how can you read my lamentations about Tommy ...L.-- how can you read my lamentations about Tommy and still think that your details are depressing? He gets low grades and he didn't even get to go to Japan to show for it :)<BR/><BR/>Ann, how did you come to be raising these great granddaughters anyway? Inquiring minds want to know...Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491983319316686696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17058563.post-1127838183755900332005-09-27T09:23:00.000-07:002005-09-27T09:23:00.000-07:00My kids also have reading logs, which for us are a...My kids also have reading logs, which for us are a particular challenge because they`re boh way behind grade level in English, which is by far their weaker langauge. Filling them out is depressing -- I hope the teachers understand it really does take them 20 minutes to read half a page sometimes. Their spoken English is native, so I think the teachers are less forgiving that they`re so behind in reading and writing, than they would be of a kid behind in everything. My daughter`s reading tutor did a double take when she met me -- she assumed the mother of a little Japanese girl struggling with English was going to be Japanese.<BR/> <BR/>It`s been only a month, and battle lines are drawn in our house, and Mama, the English Language Nazi, is definitely the enemy -- they thwart me in every way, and refuse to believe that I`m really on their side.<BR/>Yesterday was progress report day: C`s, D`s, incompletes, and "please schedule conference." Yikes.....<BR/><BR/>See, this is why I don`t have a blog -- the details of my life now are just so depressing. I know it will get better, but we still have a long road ahead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com