Parents - Argh!!!

[Savra]

Ok, I will admit to being one those parents who just can't remember when things happen. My niece (who I'm taking care of) has suggested a big calendar to put in the kitchen but I have poo pooed it like an idiot. I don't know why I can't remember - except that I do have a lot of things on my mind. I will just take this moment to apologize for all distracted parents everywhere. I sympathize with your plight.

[Crankin]

Zoom, this is a private Montessori school? My experience has been that at private schools, things are not done in such an institutionalized routine. Like, where I used to teach, my team web site and newsletter had to be done by a certain date, or you were dead. I also sent my own weekly Lang Arts thing home. My school had "Red Folder" day, when all notices, trip reminders, etc were sent home. There was no excuse; the whole town knew Thursday was the day.

[zoom-zoom]

Zoom, this is a private Montessori school?

Not private, public charter. And they're actually better with communication now than they were a few years ago. The director got the boot a few years back, after he nearly ran the school into the ground, financially (they're still digging out of that hole). Then there was a year with a temporary director. The current director is in her 2nd year and things have been improving.

[limewave]

I am that parent.

But I try hard. I swear. I have never been good at following instructions. I'll read something 3, 4 times and miss the most obvious point. I don't know what's wrong with me. I have my own assistant at who, poor thing, has to double-check everything I do. I make an effort, I truly do. I know I look stupid a lot of times, I feel stupid a lot of times. Wish I could blame it on something like dyslexia but I think it's just my scatterbrain.

[limewave]

Ok, I will admit to being one those parents who just can't remember when things happen. My niece (who I'm taking care of) has suggested a big calendar to put in the kitchen but I have poo pooed it like an idiot. I don't know why I can't remember - except that I do have a lot of things on my mind. I will just take this moment to apologize for all distracted parents everywhere. I sympathize with your plight.

My mom bought me a big calendar for our kitchen in her attempt to keep my organized. It has kind of helped. But I have to remember to write stuff on it. And in order to know to write stuff on it, I need to remember to go through DD's bag every night . . .