I sat down with my son’s teacher a few weeks back to discuss his progress. He’s only in kindergarten; so much of the discussion was on behavior. And, well, apparently there’s room for improvement.
He’s a very sweet, social kid. He would rather play than work. This really came to show the week prior to our conference apparently. We went to Indiana for a family reunion and he missed a few days of school. I didn’t plan when the reunion took place, so that was out of my hands.
We returned in the middle of the week prior to fall break. So he was back two days then off for another five. When he came back after fall break, he wasn’t ready to work. It took a few days for him to get back in the groove. So his teacher asked, “You don’t have any vacations between now and Christmas holiday, do you?”
Somewhat defensively I’m sure, I answered, “No.”
Then remembered…. Thanksgiving week.
Our original plan was to hit Disneyland before going to see my dad and siblings for the holiday. But I was kind of being asked not to do that for fear a full week off from school would cause my son to go into another motivation tailspin.
Ends up, we’ve changed our plans. Not entirely because of this discussion with the teacher. But it surely was an underlining factor.
