It is August 16th. I don't know when school starts in our local school district. I should be ready to start school on the day the elementary school in my district begins classes...but why would I worry about 'when school begins' if school (education) never ends? I am terrible about handing in records; curriculum plans, quarterly reports, assessments, etc.. I could argue that I am the only teacher and I know my five children; where they are and what they need to work on academically. I could argue (I could) that all it takes is a conversation between mother and child for an assessment to take place. I won't make those arguments. I actually believe that it does help to have some things on paper. You need to put the things you are "dumb about" on paper. Math needs to be on paper. Maybe if I were a math genius and understood abstract math concepts and theory, then I could teach calculus to a first grader, never using paper. I could have a simple conversation with her to assess her progress, and see how close she is to getting the big picture, never using a single piece of paper. But I don't even know what that could possibly mean- "the big picture", if it means anything at all. Math needs to be on paper. Records and attendance for five different children need to be on paper, "Samuel? Samson? Joshua?...Yup. They're all here". Assessments and narratives for five different children need to be on paper. I will try to be better about using paper. My apologies to the local school district superintendent who hates me because I am so bad about using paper and using it on time. Sorry all my paperwork is late. Is it procrastination if I was busy?
yours truly,
speaks in parenthesis and semicolons
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