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I'm working as a facilitator this afternoon then going to a Missionary Society Christmas party at church. They are having a $10 gift exchange after the dinner. I bought a Hallmark ornament, the one called Season's Treatings, a miniature muffin tin with six mouse size decorated muffins on top.
I always feel strange at a gift exchange, thinking that what I am bringing is not good enough, or maybe I'll get stuck with a horrible gift not worth dragging home. I could have avoided the whole party and stayed home tonight but I'm a grownup now and I can deal with this.
Dear Jesus,
Help me to remember that Christmas is all about celebrating Your birth and not stressing out about exchanging $10 tree ornaments.
It's all about me today, keeping busy running some errands and doing some last minute Christmas shopping. As you can see my other cactus has bloomed but only a few at the bottom. Oh well, I'll take that as a good sign and maybe next year it will reward me with blooms all over.
What does it mean when little kids come to school stinky in dirty, stinky clothes? We know that mama has not taken the time to help the kid take a bath, clip their grimy fingernails and make sure their underwear is clean. We are not talking war zone here mamas, being clean and in clean clothes should be a priority for you.
Your child will be more comfortable at school, he will behave better and he will be a better student because he feels clean. Plus, other kids will want to hang around him and play with him.
Maybe every school should be equipped with a washing machine and shower facilities. The teachers could just strip the dirty ones down when they get off the bus, shower them, and let them play in fluffy bathrobes while their clothes dry. I really believe that some mamas are just plain lazy when it comes to the well-being of their precious children. It's up to you to make sure they are clean.
Christmas joy is sitting with third graders in a crowded gym watching one hundred little kindergarteners shaking bells and rocking out the tune Feliz Navidad.
I got a late call yesterday to sub at the pre-school. These kitties are three and four years old and qualify because of low income. They stay all day, interact with other kids and get to play with some pretty cool toys.
I missed breakfast but I saw him at lunch.
First the white, curly beard and hair sticking out from under a gray baseball cap immediately caught my eye. Stocky built and short stature, yes, that's a nice way to say he would fit in a red Santa suit. He was the cleaner upper, and believe me, with ninety plus kids eating chili and chocolate milk, he was a busy man. But he was grinning all the while and you could tell that he really liked his job. Oh, his name was Roger, but that could be an alias!
I'm not working quite as much, the reason is that I accepted a six week subbing assignment next spring, April 12 to be exact. I will be taking over for a sweet kindergarten teacher who is having her first baby that day. Who knows, it may even come a bit early.
I am only allowed to sub a specific number of days as going over that number will mess up my "teacher retirement." I certainly don't want to do that!
I worked in one of the autistic classrooms yesterday and overheard a discussion about how autistic kids are placed in our school district. With a disability, they are qualified to start school at age three. They are pulled out for speech and physical therapy daily. By age five the school district has determined an IQ score. At 40 or below, the five year old will transfer to a state school. From 41 to 70, the student qualifies for the EMH (educational mentally handicapped) classroom in our school district. At a score of 71 or higher, the student is mainstreamed into a regular classroom. He or she will still receive speech and physical therapy on a regular basis although not daily. Sometimes a facilitator is necessary to keep the student in the classroom.
The general public should know that is why public education is so expensive. Every child deserves to be educated and for some of them, it is pricey.
