Prophetic Mothers

And teachers ...

When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me that when I was older, she hoped I had children just like me so that I would know the hell I put her through.

Well, that ain't gonna happen. Kids are pretty much out of the question, now. But what I do have is students just like I used to be. I have students who stare at me and insist that they can produce quality writing overnight. Um-hm.

These are the same students who think that they can do an e-portfolio in a few hours. Yeah.

I think I worked on my own portfolio for about 20 hours last term and another 40 this term. I have designed about 20 student portfolios myself over the last two terms (they are starting to look a little "form letterish"). But really, it takes longer than a few hours to get this done. The students are quickly losing their "A's" but they don't seem to get that. Because I am grading the e-portfolios holistically this time around, the individual student's attitude, attendance and overall work ethic/effort is going to matter. I cannot grade holistically without taking these things into account.

Got an eye doctor's appointment tomorrow. Hopefully I will be released to go back to the gym after that. The Uhthoff's symptom appeared and it does worry me somewhat because I really don't know if it is doing any permanent or additional damage to my optic nerve. I have to figure that out before I can go back. MS sucks.

Ophelia played with Debbie's 2 year old today. Grandpa says that "play" isn't really the word -- "slept" would be more appropriate. But Grandma is babysitting until 5:00 and then Auntie Janelle is taking Ophelia for "visitation" with Cousin Tally until about 9:00 or so.

Also found out yesterday that the two huskies up the street killed the puppy from the end of the block a few weeks ago. Note to self: puppy must always be watched!

Still no pics from Auntie Janelle.