Monday, November 13, 2006
No Sheep
Sunday night, at the dinner table:
The Wife: TB, Daddy and I have a conference with your teacher next week. She'll tell us all about how well you're doing at school.
The Boy: At listening?
TW: Yes, and reading, and math, and being nice to your friends.
TB: And listening?
TW: Yes, and we know you're doing really well.
TB: At listening?
TW: What is the fixation with listening? School is more than listening. We don't want you to be a sheep.
The Girl (sweetly): No sheep.
DD: (muffled laugh)
TW shoots me the “you're not helping” look.
TB: Sheep?
TW: You shouldn't just take orders. School is about learning.
TB: Learning to listen?
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I shouldn't worry. TB and I had a good conversation about that on Saturday.
TB: I wish I was six.
DD: Why?
TB: 'Cause if I was older, I'd know more. I want to learn things faster! I'm tired of not knowing things!
That's my boy. No sheep here.
The Wife: TB, Daddy and I have a conference with your teacher next week. She'll tell us all about how well you're doing at school.
The Boy: At listening?
TW: Yes, and reading, and math, and being nice to your friends.
TB: And listening?
TW: Yes, and we know you're doing really well.
TB: At listening?
TW: What is the fixation with listening? School is more than listening. We don't want you to be a sheep.
The Girl (sweetly): No sheep.
DD: (muffled laugh)
TW shoots me the “you're not helping” look.
TB: Sheep?
TW: You shouldn't just take orders. School is about learning.
TB: Learning to listen?
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I shouldn't worry. TB and I had a good conversation about that on Saturday.
TB: I wish I was six.
DD: Why?
TB: 'Cause if I was older, I'd know more. I want to learn things faster! I'm tired of not knowing things!
That's my boy. No sheep here.
# posted by Dean Dad @ 3:02 AM 
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Nice blog. It's funny how only the very specific and the very local seems truly interesting. I know our writing tutors told us this, but we keep forgetting.
So cute - and clever, too!
How interesting that your wife downplayed the importance of listening, when my ongoing refrain has been 'be sure to listen to the teacher.' She has a point!
How interesting that your wife downplayed the importance of listening, when my ongoing refrain has been 'be sure to listen to the teacher.' She has a point!
# posted by 
: 12:24 PM
: 12:24 PM
Hmm...an awful lot of emphasis on listening. It makes me wonder what the classroom atmosphere is like. I can see why The Wife would be concerned that he's got the idea that school is about listening, rather than learning...
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