MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Proud Mama

Kids were off school today, for teacher conferences. So we had the joy
of hearing teachers praise our children, lucky us. Older DS and DD,
now in 7th grade, had great conferences which stood in contrast to
last year, their first year of middle school and first year with these
teachers they will have through 8th grade. It was a big year of
transition, with planners students needed to write in and careful
grading of assignments. School had always come easy to these two, but
teachers hadn't quite had the expectations for accountability that
they did in middle school. So we watched our two flounder a bit, learn
to pay attention to teachers giving assignments, learning how to
organize their work and be sure to turn in all assignments. It was a
big sigh of relief to see that they have now gotten the hang of the
system and are doing fine.