September 24, 2007
-
Lunch Blog
Currently Eating: Great Grains (Raisins, Dates, and Pecans) with Nonfat Milk.
I always thought they should add a currently eating section to the “currently doing” stuff section. That way I could put things like Ham & Cheese sandwich, or Nonfat Latte, or Kit-Kat Bar (not that I eat any of those things).
Thoughts floating around in my brain whilst I am on my lunch break:
I’m so proud of my wife. She watched the entire season of Heroes in just under a week to get ready for tonight’s premiere. She really wanted to watch the show when it first started, and I could have cared less. Then she thought it was too violent for her, but at the urging of friends I kept watching–downloading episodes from iTunes to watch on my iPod while working out. I knew I was hooked when I the cheerleader woke up on the autopsy table. I think I screamed out loud at the gym…Well, I watched all season with Joe while Christy piddled around on her email or something. But at the urging of some of her friends she got back into it via DVD, and now she loves it!
Wahoo! I’m very excited about tonight!I think I also need to watch Pan’s Labyrinth tonight. I have to watch that movie this week for my film scoring class and tonight might be the night. I’ve heard great things about this movie, so I’m looking forward to watching it. Just a note of clarification, the teacher didn’t actually select this movie because of it’s exceptional score, it was selected by our class. This assignment doesn’t rely on the movie, it is more to make us aware of the scores of movies in general. I used to be VERY aware of scores when I was watching movies–but something happened and I often don’t disconnect from the story like I used to in order to hear the score. Now I guess I just watch and get all caught up…oh no!! I remember vividly walking out of the theatres after just watching Batman Returns and thinking “What a great score!”. I think that was my first soundtrack purchase. Time moves on…and I have way more John Williams scores than any other film composer. Danny Elfman might be a close second though…
Tuesday night is “Back to School Night”. I have no idea what this is. I’ve only been to one, last year, and I don’t really get it. What is it for? What happens? Why can’t the kids come? Can someone explain this to me? (Christy tried, but I think I still don’t understand it…possibly because I’ve never heard of it until right now…er…I guess last year.) I’m not opposed to it, I just don’t understand the purpose of the function. HELP!
Christmas is fast approaching. So is Halloween. I’m not particularly looking forward to Halloween this year. I think I’m tired of my Star Trek costume, but I don’t know what to wear otherwise. HELP!
Noah has his IEP tomorrow.
Noah also turns 4 on Wednesday. Happy Birthday buddy!Heroes…Heroes…Heroes…
I can’t wait!
Comments (18)
I think you should dress like Gimli, the dwarf.
I think Noah should be Gimli.
Someone please convince this man to go to Back to School night! Melody? Margaret? I really need to be in class and he is virtually refusing to go….
You’re so silly!!! Back to School night is so the parents can meet their kid’s teachers and see the room, if they haven’t already. The teachers tend to get the kids to do a lot of cool crafts the first couple weeks so they can decorate the classroom with lots of neat stuff. They talk about what they’re going to do with the kids that year and answer any questions. There’s sometimes dinners involved I think, but I might be thinking of Open House. Just think of it as the opposite of Open House.
My mom’s a kindergarten teacher…I’ve had to help out at way too many Back to School nights…
Noah’s b-day is one day before mine! Cool. I wish I was only 4 again (with all the knowledge I have now).
) And by the way, the way you feel about Heroes is the way some of us feel about The 4400 (which just ended its 4th season). I’m so sad it’s over & can’t wait until it starts again. Margaret & I talked about the finale last night – it was soooo cool!
Yeah, back to school night– that thing where you meet the people that are shaping your child’s life for 7 hours a day… I mean, if you’re into that kind of thing…
Ok, back to booking classes.
Back to School night is also where you should find out the teacher’s disciplinary expectations and consequences, what curriculum will be like, meet other parents in the class (important for field trips and class events). What the homework expectations are, etc. This is important! Especially if you don’t know the teacher personally, which is likely in Nathaniel’s school setting, right?
Ditto what sopranomom29 says…You’re kind of silly if you intentionally don’t go. You basically say (whether you mean to or not) that your child’s education is not too important to you as a parent, and that you are not really interested in participating this year in this huge aspect of their life. And also that you do not care to meet the person that your child is spending the majority of their day with, who will strongly influence who they will become as a person.
Are you convinced to go yet?
Oh PuhLEASE…I just have never heard of this thing. No one is refusing to go, I just don’t get it…although I think I do better now…I guess…
So why don’t they hold this thing BEFORE school starts then? Why wait until we’re a month into the school year? Who is planning this stuff anyways!?
It’s kind of difficult to make a foolproof plan before you meet the kids you’ll be teaching. Mom has stuff she does just about every year with her kids, but depending on the class, she’ll sometimes edit her curriculum to fit. That doesn’t work nearly so well when the teacher hasn’t met the kids yet.
How’d you miss having back-to-school night as a kid, anyway? They’ve been doing it for decades…
seriously, Mother Lode Christian School (or whatever it’s called) needs to get with the program! here’s a different perspective…as a teacher, I didn’t enjoy back-to-school nights very much. ALL of the parents in one tiny classroom with tiny chairs and tiny desks, so they just end up standing and milling about. I don’t want to be the eager beaver teacher and start talking about their kids, so I wait for them to come talk, but I think they’re waiting for me, and it’s this horrible waiting game! That’s where the tradition of ”so many crafts at open house” came from. These adults need something to look at so they don’t have to get in an awkward conversation with the teacher!
i think the kids aren’t allowed so these kinds of talks can happen. I never had any great, amazing times at open house. except for that one set of parents that asked how old I was, and little naiive me, told them straight out, and they LAUGHED at me! how horrible. don’t do that to nathaniel’s teacher.
How would I go to back to school night at MLCS as a kid? It’s a parent-only thing…soo it’s not like MLCS dropped the ball, it’s just that I never knew anything about it…I dunno…I’ll figure it out, I’m sure.
Back to school night…I did one last week and I’m doing one at my middle school on Thursday. It’s later into school typically so that a teacher has had experience with how the kids are relating/learning/reacting, etc. It’s a crucial time to be able to communicate with each other, know expectations, put a face to each other, interact, discuss and introduce curriculum, etc. Basically, you need to go. Suck it up.
no one said i was opposed to going—I just didn’t understand it. I’m going…soooooo I guess we’ll see about all of this…
OH, YOU WERE TOTALLY OPPOSED TO GOING. Ha, love you dear!
On a different note, I’m impressed your Star Trek costume made it into APU’s yearbook.
Geesh. Give a guy a break. So he wasn’t all in the know about back to school night.
I have a new Halloween costume idea for you: Mike Speck.
I think Jerard may have had his last IEP, maybe! He’ll be out of the system for good by June, 08′. Some of my best advocating took place at those IEP’s.