The death cold is coming. Remind me again why -20 below is necessary for the environment?
I threw in extra onions and loads of garlic in today's batch of black bean tomato stoup. I'm surrounded by people eager to share their viruses. My immune system needs all the help it can get.
I'm becoming more aware of people's energy, or to be more precise, people's negative energy. They aren't helping me reach that "Chillax" state of being I hope to achieve this new year. Guess I need to learn how to deflect their negative vibes.
Last night my heart was breaking for a little Chinese girl at the pool. Her father was telling me she said she wanted to be a cleaner when she grew up. He was really concerned about this. I said, "Hey, she'll always have job security and as long as she's happy, right?" He protested replying his daughter would not clean for a living.
The little girl then chimed in with a smile on her face, "I want to be a preschool teacher!"
I said to her, "That sounds like fun!"
Dad replied, "NO! If you want to be a teacher, you can teach college students."
I swear, some people don't get it. Allow your children to follow their dreams.
I recently read although Chinese students excel in math and science, they lack creativity because at a very young age, they are pushed academically.
My state is actually trying to offer 4 year old kindergarten and people are lining up to get their 4 year olds in the door. Another lawmaker is trying to pull the plug on 4 year old kindergarten. Frankly, my state doesn't have the money, plus, why the rush to pull young children away from their families? So many parents think this will give their children an academic advantage and save them daycare dollars. As a homeschooling parent, I will tell you my children learned more at home, with a very low teacher- student ratio, and a loving, safe environment.
I better get off my soapbox and get moving.
4 comments:
When my sisters kids were small they went to Pre-K. They even got homework. I remember thinking how glad I was that we unschool ours. 4 yr olds don't need homework
I experienced something similar a while ago in the bookstore. The little girl was telling her mother that she wanted to learn Spanish. Her mother was telling her that she should learn French that French would be more useful to her?!?!? It took a heck of a lot to bite my tongue on that one. Plain and simple, useful or not, there stood a child WANTING to learn another language don't discourage that! (I do wonder too why the mother thought French would be more useful than Spanish too considering there are a lot of Spanish-speaking residents and migrant workers in my area, there is also a large Spanish community here.) So difficult to keep from yelling at that mother.
Dawn, I just know you are doing it right. I would have been upset with that dad, too. Your soup sounds yummy!
Up here they are offering 4yr old kindegarten at a Catholic School in MI, I don't feel kids are ready at 4 to attend kindegarten. Heck, most 5yr olds aren't ready either. Than I read in the paper today that a pre-school that opened up named Children's Academic Learning Center is accepting kids as young as 2 for their pre-preschool program. This has gotten so out of hand.
I send you losts of healthy hugs during this cold season, I hope you can continue to fight off any germs that may come your way
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