All Purpose Rant Away Thread - 3.2.1 GO!

[wolfwoman]

DH. I swear I am going to strangle him. He is spending too much time at home and so is becoming crabby at every little thing that normally he wouldn't even think twice about.

[Linda Evans]

DH. I swear I am going to strangle him. He is spending too much time at home and so is becoming crabby at every little thing that normally he wouldn't even think twice about.

i can relate. ;-(

[Crochetlady]

DH. I swear I am going to strangle him. He is spending too much time at home and so is becoming crabby at every little thing that normally he wouldn't even think twice about.

i can relate. ;-(

Me too.

[thriftygranny]

I would have thought Geico will be gender neutral being that they are in the insurance business?

That said, life is too short to be getting upset over something like this. If you do, you are allowing Jack / Jackie to live rent free in your head, and keeping you up at night.

Yes life is short but I don't let the small stuff move in my head and keep me up at night Pretty relaxed here, but thanks so much for the advice.
Not sure about the Geico gender issues, not in my head either.
Have a wonderful evening.

[saundyl]

Men who hog the bed!

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[bargain_hunter_lola]

I am so livid right now. Came home to try and calm down and be less emotional.

DD was moved into a different class again this year. She's now in the grade 1/2 split, when all her friends are in the straight grade 1 class.

Same thing happened last year. 4 students were moved from one of the jk/sk classes to the other and she was one of the 4. All of her friends were in the other class. She had a crying fit the first day but finally adjusted. I asked the teacher and principal why and they said that it's "important for kids to get used to other teachers and she has such an outgoing personality that she has no problems making friends so she was chosen to be moved".

Ok, fine. I understand that so I accepted it and DD went on to make her friends (although she still desperately missed her old friends and only saw them at lunch recess and on play dates).

This year she was so excited to be re-joined with her friends UNTIL they called out the names. ALL her friends (from both JK and SK - 2 different classes) are in the straight grade 1 class and she (and 3 other students) and in the 1/2 split.

She was completely dead-panned. No emotion at all. She just looked at me and said "I guess I don't get friends".

Like are you freaking kidding me? Not something a SIX year old should have to go through. Especially since EVERY KID except her has been allowed to stay with the same kids for multiple years. She is the ONLY kid to have been moved from the overall group TWICE.

I'm sure she'll make new friends BUT why should she have to every single year when the vast majority of the other kids have been with the same group for 3 years now??? The explanation of having a different teacher won't jive this year as she would have a new teacher no matter which class they put her in.

She was ahead her class last year in a few areas BUT that's before she missed TWO full months (May and June) because of her surgeries. Besides should she be penalized for working hard? Maybe I should stop doing all the home-schooling with her? I mean getting good grades is great but not at the expense of having no friends.

I'm really struggling how this makes ANY sense at all. I've already spoke to the principal and am waiting for him to call me with answers.

Any teachers out there have any thoughts?

[thriftygranny]

i'm not a teacher but have experienced this before with my son.
Grade 3 he was put in a
straight grade 3 and moved to a split class of grade 3/4's because the numbers for that grade was too high, I was surprised because he was struggling with his language arts and I have always felt a split class was for the brighter kids in the lower grade. He was heartbroken because none his buddies were moved. I talked with him and he settled in. Fast forward two weeks and I received a call from the principal one evening letting me know they were forming a new grade 3 class and he would be one of the ones moving to it....umm ok. On the first day of his move he was thrilled to have young male teacher that was a ton of fun. When he went back after Christmas break we were informed the teacher was moving to the high school because the high school needed a basketball coach and we were introduce d to his new teacher. Four teachers in one year, it was a gong show.I ended up paying for tutoring for him the next summer because none of the teachers were there long enough to identify his language arts issues.
My advice would be to calmly discuss the issue with the principal, I would use her recent serious illness as a reason for her needing to be in a straight grade one class. Explain she has gone through a lot and you feel you want her in the single grade class because emotionally the kid needs a break as well as you are concerned with her catching up from the two months she missed in a split class.
I hope it works out for you, she has been through quite a bit in the last few months.

[FallenPixels]

My mum's school went by age this time and put the oldest, not brightest/best able to deal with change kids in the split 1/2 class. She now has 4 special needs kids who need extra attention while the grade 1 class has none just based on age, with no additional help

[bargain_hunter_lola]

My mum's school went by age this time and put the oldest, not brightest/best able to deal with change kids in the split 1/2 class. She now has 4 special needs kids who need extra attention while the grade 1 class has none just based on age, with no additional help

This makes ZERO sense to me. Who comes up with these ideas?

I'm wondering if age may have something to do with it as she's always been one of the oldest in the class.

I've asked the principal to find out exactly why because I'm not happy with the decision and need to know the thought process behind it. I already explained she's the only kid to be moved twice and that she missed a huge chunk last year.

I get the feeling I will have to really fight this, which I'm willing to do if they don't have very good reasons for moving her. I've already had one run in with the principal (when she was in JK). I told him I'd be happy to go to the board and that I'm a stay at home mother, I can be at this school every day until you resolve the issue. Sure enough, it was resolved the next day.

I don't want to over react (I know I'm emotional when it comes to my kids) so I want to be sure of the thought process before I go in "guns blazing". lol

[FallenPixels]

They thought it was fairest and stopped teachers picking faves, worked for most years in the school, just sucked for the 1/2 class with no flexibility bc they made it a policy

[vw_girl]

got a $50 giftcard to colour me mine back in spring..was planning to use it this summer as something for me and my kid to do... well the dang studio closed (i was not informed of this until i tried giving them a call-they must have closed within weeks of me getting the gift card).. contacted the company because it's part of a chain they say because it's a gift card(not a paper gift certificate) it can be used at any of their locations which would be fine which would be ok IF they had a location somewhat close/in driving distance/or even on the island...

BUT their closest location is Kelowna which is 6+ hours drive away PLUS a ferry ride (an expensive one at that!) and this is a company where you create something then have to come back at a later date to pick it up so there's no way possible that's going to happen and when i point this out i get no response back..

it irks me that the company will be up $50 because they have made it impossible for me to use it

That really sucks! That is not the kind of product you can do long distance. We use to glaze ceraminc Christmas decorations every year for Grandma, I would not want to add in a road trip....

Is the gc transferable? Could you sell it to someone in Kelowna and at least recoup a bit of the cost?

[thriftygranny]

My mum's school went by age this time and put the oldest, not brightest/best able to deal with change kids in the split 1/2 class. She now has 4 special needs kids who need extra attention while the grade 1 class has none just based on age, with no additional help

Your poor mother,in my opinion grade 1/2 should never ever be a split class. The kids are just at way too many learning and maturity levels and it is tough year for lots of kids. You have some kids entering grade one without any grasp on reading or printing and then you may have an advanced student that comes from a Montessori background that is farther along.It is a really tough year to teach in my opinion.Half of them can't open there own juice box let alone tie there shoes!!

[FallenPixels]

The government put a limit on class sizes but they intake the same without extra teachers so all grades have a split group. It was that the teachers chose the more advanced kids to join the less advanced from the next year but sadly, teachers picked faves or 'punished' bad kids with lesser liked teachers.
If the teachers didn't ruin it, they could have split the needs but the PTA and school board stepped in

[thriftygranny]

The government put a limit on class sizes but they intake the same without extra teachers so all grades have a split group. It was that the teachers chose the more advanced kids to join the less advanced from the next year but sadly, teachers picked faves or 'punished' bad kids with lesser liked teachers.
If the teachers didn't ruin it, they could have split the needs but the PTA and school board stepped in

Interesting, You would hope all teachers would be a bit more concerned about how the child fits into the classroom. I guess it is the same in all professions you take the good with the bad.
Sometimes the PTA is a good thing but sometimes not, I find they can be there to get what the personally want.

[beachdown]

DH. I swear I am going to strangle him. He is spending too much time at home and so is becoming crabby at every little thing that normally he wouldn't even think twice about.

Hmmm....lt could be that he had always been intolerant for these "every little things", and is just reaching breaking point now? That is why it's always interesting listening to one part of the party at times, saying "everything is good in their relationship and it's forever.