We are 1-1 on the First Day Scoreboard
Saddleback: Excellent first day in 5th grade. He has his brother's teacher, too.
DWMS: Dismal Failure. Went to Meet The Teacher night last Thursday, and his schedule was wrong. They had him taking PE instead of Second Year Band. Promised us it would be fixed.
He came home on Monday totally disgusted. He showed up for band, and was told that the change hadn't been made and he had to go to PE. The whole class sat on the bleachers and talked for the period.
Tuesday morning: I went to the school office and was told that the councilors were busy trying to get schedules straightened out and that electives were at the bottom of the list, but that it would be done.
Tuesday afternoon, he came home all flushed, dehydrated and "wobbly." It seems that they still had not solved the problem, and the braindead PE teacher decided that 106 deg sunny weather was perfect to make 7th graders run around the baseball field several times.
I was on my way to work when he came home, and I sent a email to the councilor that said the school had two options: Change the schedule or I would pick him up early, but he was NOT to go to PE again.
Wednesday morning, the wife and I showed up at the school and sat for over an hour waiting to see the councilor. We were finally able to get her to escalate the change by informing her that Braindead PE Teacher was going to kill our son, because hot weather, excessive exercise, minimal water and asthma are not a good mix. By the time we made our way back to the office and out the door, they had already notified my son that his schedule had been changed.
I guess sitting in a chair and looking intimidating works sometimes.
Wednesday night he came home happy, and told me that he thinks he was not made to be in PE, but was created to make music.
