AP Forth Grade and boyfriends....

Maddy's teacher thinks she is teaching an AP forth grade class. At least that's what it seems like with all the homework she is giving out. Maddy is no dummy. In fact she is quite a smarty pants, she is also a homework doer and an avid rule follower. We thought her 2nd and 3rd grade teachers were strict. Her 2nd and 3rd grade teachers were a delight. This new lady (who was Maddy's Tumbling teacher a few years back) puts a whole new spin on strict.

Maddy's best friend Bailey wasn't at school one day last week. So the next day I asked Maddy where she had been? Maddy said she didn't know because they aren't allowed to talk during school. I said, why didn't she ask her when she first got to school - before the bell rang. Maddy said they aren't allowed. They are suppose to start on their morning work as soon as they get in class.

AP Forth Grade.

They have to have good posture in class, it is called "learning position". They have spelling, math and reading homework every night- even on weekends. The spelling is not just reciting and writing the words down, no, she has about 8 different things to choose from (like "write sentences for all the spelling words, using at least 3 in each sentence") and you can't choose the same one two days in a row. At least Maddy says so, because she is a rule follower.

The math is suppose to take 10 minutes (or so her teacher says). If you are Maddy and your dad (who is no math dummy) is helping you, it talks about an hour some days. JUST FOR MATH.

The reading part is lame too. Not only does she have them read for 20 minutes (which is no biggie) but she has -again- given them busy work things to write about, for their reading each night. For example: "write 5 questions you would ask a character in the book" or "what would you change if you were the author" or "write a summary of what you have read so far". Maddy is a super reader and reads well above grade level, (She read Island of the Blue Dolphins two summers ago, and loved and understood it - she was 7 ) and sometimes only reads half a chapter before bed. Now, what is she suppose to summarize about half a chapter?

Apparently she's in AP Forth Grade.

As for Ruby

Last year in pre-school, she had boys helping her with her coat and backpack, and holding doors for her. This year she already has a boy who wants to be her boyfriend. She JUST turned 4! I tell you, I am afraid for me, when that girl is in High School. I swear she'll be the one sneaking trashy make-up and immodest clothes to school in her book bag, and hiding behind the dugout.

At least she'll still have her uni brow to scare them off with, when I ask her if she wants me to wax it again she slaps her hands over it her foremelon forehead and yells "NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!"

The-end.