At the beginning of the school year, parents are asked to attend a parent / teacher conference. Here you sit down with your child, discuss progress and agree a set of goals for the year.
As my little darlings are perfectly behaved geniuses this is a cake walk for us. It is very weird though, how they both clam up and get all akward because their two worlds are meeting at a tiny table (teachers never think to bring in big chairs in this situation) and all eyes are on them. This week I was left feeling all antsy though. Twinkle's new teacher is pretty straightforward and a nice lady. And she seems to be actually teaching math which is a BIG deal in this household which is scarred by last years long division fiasco, But she kept slipping into that baby talk thing that people sometimes do. It drives Twinkle NUTS and I've been constantly telling her off for being disrespectful when she imitates it. I'm telling you, after twenty minutes of it, I bonded very deeply with my child. The woman actually said 'lickety split' for gods sake!
THEN in the boy's session his teacher, who is lovely, set him a goal of 'being willing to make mistakes'. I know where she's coming from on the confidence thang but she actually said 'its ok to get it wrong'. Excuse me but he's six how the hell is he supposed to interpret that? So when he gets 2 out of 5 in a test she's gonna say, yeah its ok to get it wrong? I doubt it.
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