Comments on: Elementary, My Dear Watson http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: elizabeth reder http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/comment-page-1/#comment-132 elizabeth reder Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:43:06 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/#comment-132 Brian, What a joy to see a picture of Charlotte on her first day of school. She is beautiful! I hope it has been a good week for her. My niece, Julia, (Sue's daughter) started 5th grade this week. It doesn't seem possible that the years have gone by so quickly. Brian,
What a joy to see a picture of Charlotte on her first day of school. She is beautiful! I hope it has been a good week for her. My niece, Julia, (Sue’s daughter) started 5th grade this week. It doesn’t seem possible that the years have gone by so quickly.

]]> By: Tony http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Tony Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:39:01 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/#comment-122 Got news for you, Brian. More often than not (and I couldn't agree more with you about the absurd number and poorly crafted communications from our kids' schools), it's dealing with childrens' parents all day long that warps public school employees' brains. Not us, of course. OTHER parents. Got news for you, Brian. More often than not (and I couldn’t agree more with you about the absurd number and poorly crafted communications from our kids’ schools), it’s dealing with childrens’ parents all day long that warps public school employees’ brains. Not us, of course. OTHER parents.

]]> By: Brian http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Brian Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:43:26 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/#comment-119 The petty bureaucracy of public school is INSANE. They're obsessed with forms for the silliest of things. They send home dozens of notices and bulletins and STILL manage to miscommunicate what they are trying to tell you. And don't even get me started on their absurd and over-detailed policies and procedures. It's my pet theory that working with children all day warps your brain. The petty bureaucracy of public school is INSANE. They’re obsessed with forms for the silliest of things. They send home dozens of notices and bulletins and STILL manage to miscommunicate what they are trying to tell you. And don’t even get me started on their absurd and over-detailed policies and procedures.

It’s my pet theory that working with children all day warps your brain.

]]> By: Sarah Cross http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Sarah Cross Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:28:48 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/#comment-118 My girls don't start this year until September 04th. Usually, they start at the end of August. It's a huge relief to have the extra week. I didn't get weepy when either of them started kindergarten, but on Lily's last day of kindergarten, last year, I cried like a baby... not sure why. I do not like all the craziness that comes with the school year... papers, papers, papers, homework, projects, yada, yada, yada. They send more work home for the parents than they do for the kids, it seems sometimes. My girls don’t start this year until September 04th. Usually, they start at the end of August. It’s a huge relief to have the extra week.

I didn’t get weepy when either of them started kindergarten, but on Lily’s last day of kindergarten, last year, I cried like a baby… not sure why.

I do not like all the craziness that comes with the school year… papers, papers, papers, homework, projects, yada, yada, yada.

They send more work home for the parents than they do for the kids, it seems sometimes.

]]> By: Tony http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Tony Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:49:39 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2007/08/28/elementary-my-dear-watson/#comment-114 Well, I hope Charlotte had a good first day. Watching our children now repeating, in some fashion, the things we did tends to bring it all back, as I said over <a href="http://rummage.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/from-almost-the-other-end-of-the-telescope/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It would be easy to get caught up in the sentimental, but I think you captured both the promise and uncertainty. This week of transition from summer vacation to school is trying for us because nearly everyone's school year starts on a different day. There are times when it will feel like an insane treadmill, a rat race, what have you, and I honestly think we end up way over-scheduled. But I wouldn't want to have missed this experience in the end. Well, I hope Charlotte had a good first day. Watching our children now repeating, in some fashion, the things we did tends to bring it all back, as I said over here. It would be easy to get caught up in the sentimental, but I think you captured both the promise and uncertainty.

This week of transition from summer vacation to school is trying for us because nearly everyone’s school year starts on a different day. There are times when it will feel like an insane treadmill, a rat race, what have you, and I honestly think we end up way over-scheduled. But I wouldn’t want to have missed this experience in the end.

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