MOOvin' Along - Goog Times, Goog Friends . . . Part 3

[UtahMama]

Okay, so, for one of my classes I have to find as many parents as possible and ask them questions about parent teacher conferences. So I thought to myself, where can I find as many parents as possible??? Hmmmm.....the DIS boards of course! So, if anyone has time to answer these questions it would be infinitely appreciated by me. Or you could just answer one or two of them. If not, that's fine too. I'll just make up the answers.

1. Describe the environment the teacher set up for the conference. Were there things you liked/disliked? Things that made you comfortable or uncomfortable?

2. Did the teacher share specific observations of your child with you? How were these observations shared? (verbal stories, work samples?)

3. Did the teacher ask for input from you prior to the conference?

4. How long was the conference? Was this a sufficient amount of time?

5. Was there anything you would change about the conference?

1. NOT in the cafeteria. The classroom setting is more quiet and more comfortable. I would be un-comfortable if other parents were sitting waiting in an area where they could hear our conversation. Siblings need to not be included so the focus will remain on the student.

2. I love to be shown work samples, especially on a common display area.

3. NO

4. 10 minutes, 15 if I'm chatty. Scheduling and being on time impress me. I do not want to wait for 5 other families to conference before me, especially if I'm on time.

5. Not making me wait very long and carefully wording anything "confrontational". I do NOT want to be put on the defense regarding my child.
Please notice the good in my child rather than listing anything negative. It will make me feel you shouldn't be working with children. I also don't want any surprises that should have been resolved previous to the conference. Bloody heck, woman.


Hope this helps, I have a lot to say I guess!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Hope this helps, I have a lot to say I guess!

But you do say it so well

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

THANK YOU, WENDY!!!!!!!
Bloody heck is SO going in the paper.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

KENNY CHESNEY=ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR!
All is right with the world.
Sweet dreams, all. Of Kenny.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

THANK YOU, WENDY!!!!!!!
Bloody heck is SO going in the paper.

OK, I am going to reminsce for a few here, to the times I spent endless hours on the typewriter for both my and DH papers in colllege, deepinto the night, with white-out and the white-out tape stuff, with carbon copies. No spell check either.

You kids these days dont know how good you have it.

OK, stepping off my soap box now........

 

[UtahMama]

NAB, yep...we did have some of the recalled ones. Like I said, they went *poof* one night after the girl went to bed. She used to call them "sticky Pollys" because the magnets stuck to each other. Hee hee

Wendy, ever step on a Polly Pocket outfit in your bare feet? Freaky! Feels like squishy scariness between your toes. Yipes!

And Legos and my personal favorite: Hot Wheels

ladies and gents.........

THe Red and Black top and / or the black and red top......are out....so I went shopping with my darling daughter in law today and the two munchkins.....and SHE picked out three shirts that she thought were good for me..and one was black and beige in it......very pretty short sleeved....
the second one is a pretty pinkish purplish.....very slinky with a lower neckline.shows some cleavage....
then the third one was a blue/greenish color and slinky too.......so hubby and I went tonight and I tried all three on for him and he said to get all THREE.....so I did....
I love these shirts.....now to figure out which one to wear to the wedding.......hmmmmmmmmm
I will try them on tomorrow and decide......also I think my hubby knew that I would need some outfits for funerals........people are growing old and we have more and more to go to....

then we went to walmart and I got some material of dora and boots to make a bedding thingie for the cradle we bought for megans dollies.......
if there is enough material left then I will do a little girls pocketbook for her....she loves dora.....

Can we say "Shows Cleavage" on the Dis? I'm sure you'll be beautiful






Is anyone else DISTRACTED by the PICKLE....and other dancing holiday icons?

Just a sweet soccer mom from Utah....

 

[RobInBigKC]

Is anyone else DISTRACTED by the PICKLE....if you know what I mean?

Just a sweet soccer mom from Utah....

As I do an unexpected spit take, that line almost made me post on this thread.

-- Rob

 

[lalijack]

1. I will be more than happy to get the dolls out. And they will be sparkling. I just have issues with that oven.

2. Finally someone I'm allowed to discuss hotT country singers with! Obviously Kenny is number 1. But I like Rodney Atkins, Keith Urban, Dierks, Brad, okay, I'll stop. Kenny better take entertainer of the year....

3. You, however, still have to answer my questions. hee hee hee
Not really. But I would appreciate it.


I am starting to feel like a broken record....TWINKESSORI MONTESSORI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Deal.

2. So much hotT-ness, so little time.....

3. I will answer your questions tomorrow. Pinky promise.

Hmmm....I think I prefer Nunzio to Twinkessori. Just saying.


Marita, you're right...Nunzio is a boy's name. But I'm following Twink's "feeling" that G-hopper is a boy. If it's a girl, how 'bout Annunziata Montessori?

Wendy: OUCH! Hot Wheels are not good. Another killer: jacks.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

OK, I am going to reminsce for a few here, to the times I spent endless hours on the typewriter for both my and DH papers in colllege, deepinto the night, with white-out and the white-out tape stuff, with carbon copies. No spell check either.

You kids these days dont know how good you have it.

OK, stepping off my soap box now........

But I only deserve the best!

As I do an unexpected spit take, that line almost made me post on this thread.

-- Rob

Almost?
I think you need to double check what you just posted.

 

[celerystalker]

I posted this on my trip report, but it's too rambly for there. I'm so tired!

Moo - I didn't wear it at Disney. I have a lot of great jewlery, but I forget about it. that one was my first birthday present from Tammy. Awww! It's a mystic fire topaz. I like it a lot.
but I take it off to put lotion on and then it gets put back in my various jewlery containers and I forget about it for a few months.
I'm tired.
can you tell?

Night!


I'll comment more tomorrow.
except to say if I had known Allison Kraus was performing, I would have dvr'd it.
I should have anyway cuz I knew the eagles were going to be on.

 

[lalijack]

Okay, I've stayed awake as long as I can manage. Gotta drag my sorry tucas to bed.

G'night everyone! Sweet dreams!

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

I'll comment more tomorrow.
except to say if I had known Allison Kraus was performing, I would have dvr'd it.
I should have anyway cuz I knew the eagles were going to be on.

I recorded it. I'll mail you the tape after I watch Kenny's win a few more times. Night.

Night, BigL. I forget what else I was supposed to say to you. My mind is going. As am I. Leaving for real.

 

[Minnie_Moo]

OK, I am going to reminsce for a few here, to the times I spent endless hours on the typewriter for both my and DH papers in colllege, deepinto the night, with white-out and the white-out tape stuff, with carbon copies. No spell check either.

You kids these days dont know how good you have it.

OK, stepping off my soap box now........

Amen to that, Marita!!! Especially about the no Internet edit. LOTS of hours doing research in libraries

And >$100 for a calculator (which was a lot of money to a college student in the 70s!) that did what a <$10 one does nowadays . . . but it kept me from having to become proficient in using a stinking slide rule or spending hours calculating everything on my own.

Sorry, PJ, but for me Kenny lost his allure when he married Renee Zellweger.

Cel, pretty ring. I had to Google it to see what the stone looks like.

 

[UtahMama]

Lookie! I did my pickle and turkey! I only meant the dancing thingies are distractive.

I'm saving my Frosty and HoHo for after Thanksgiving....only because I am not sure how I accomplished the pickle and the turkey But I deleted my glitterkiss name. Dagnabbit. I think we all need glitterkiss names. See? something else DISsy that's hard to explain to muggles.

ROB! What is a spit take? Dare I ask? Dare you answer? I'm assuming you spat something and did a double take at the same time?

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Amen to that, Marita!!! Especially about the no Internet edit. LOTS of hours doing research in libraries

And >$100 for a calculator (which was a lot of money to a college student in the 70s!) that did what a <$10 one does nowadays . . . but it kept me from having to become proficient in using a stinking slide rule or spending hours calculating everything on my own.

Amen, sistah on the calculator!
They were forbidden in my accounting classes (all classes actually) because they were too expensive. However, we never did use slide rules either, it was all long hand math.

OK, I am ready for bed, niight all, have a great Thursday! One more day till Friday!!! I might plead for a work from home day Friday...........

 

[RobInBigKC]

ROB! What is a spit take? Dare I ask? Dare you answer? I'm assuming you spat something and did a double take at the same time?

Oh, please, it isn't anything bad.

A spit take is a comedy technique in which someones spits a beverage out of his or her mouth when he or she reacts to a statement. In a spit-take, the reaction is usually one of surprise (i.e. Rob being surprised that sweet soccer mom Wendy would post such a thing ).

For those of us born before 1985 (ahem), you may recall the scene from Back to the Future in the parking lot at the high school the night of the "Enchantment under the Sea" dance when Michael J. Fox (who, seriously, played the role of Alex Keaton in just about EVERY movie he was in) spit-took whiskey all over the steering wheel of the car when he saw his prim-future-mother-then-a-wild-teenager light up a cigarette.

Jon Stewart on The Daily Show (on the Comedy Channel) also does a lot of spit-takes and plays on spit-takes.

-- Rob

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Night, Rob!

We have a few night owls around here

 

[UtahMama]

Oh, please, it isn't anything bad.

A spit take is a comedy technique in which someones spits a beverage out of his or her mouth when he or she reacts to a statement. In a spit-take, the reaction is usually one of surprise (i.e. Rob being surprised that sweet soccer mom Wendy would post such a thing ).

For those of us born before 1985 (ahem), you may recall the scene from Back to the Future in the parking lot at the high school the night of the "Enchatment under the Sea" dance when Michael J. Fox (who, seriously, played the role of Alex Keaton in just about EVERY movie he was in) spit-took whiskey all over the steering wheel of the car when he saw his prim-future-mother-then-a-wild-teenager light up a cigarette.

Jon Stewart on The Daily Show (on the Comedy Channel) also does a lot of spit-takes and plays on spit-takes.

-- Rob

OOOOH, I totally know of what you are speaking of which. (In my Miss Teen North Carolina imitation)

 

[DonaldTDuck]

Ya think calculators were bad. I bought a vcr in 1981, one of the first. It only cost $640 and would record any one program I wanted in the next 24 hours. The remote was a corded pause button.
I remember a men's magazine that did a feature on calculators in the mid-70's where they predicted that they would someday be as small as a pack of cigerettes and cost as little as $75.

Almost finished with the next chapter. Will add pictures and post tomorrow night.

 

[lexmelinda]

GOOG MORNING!

Got up a little early today. If it's anywhere near 5am, I just don't even try to go back to sleep. But I see you guys were chatty last night. Was it the CMAs? Is everyone's computer near the TV??

I am not a fan of the country music. I was raised on Meryl Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and George Jones. I've had my fill.

Marita....I had to laugh at your school description. I used to sit in the library and type on the rent-a-typewriters (deposit another quarter, please) with carbon paper and no spell check. And I always had to do my research from the card catalog! *gasp* I was also in a town where a had no family, no car, and very little money. Yep. Those were the days.

DTD....I remember paying $250 for a VCR at Circuit City so I could record my soap operas. I think that was mid-80's. I don't know anybody who worked for Ern. But I'm for STEVE all the way baby! I have met him and DH knows him. He's a great guy. Should've gotten that job a long time ago.

MommyP....I burned your picture CD yesterday so pm me your address.

Moo....My computer at work didn't like the blank CD I brought for you. I'm gonna try again today. I'll mail it ASAP. Thanks for the address.

1. Describe the environment the teacher set up for the conference. Were there things you liked/disliked? Things that made you comfortable or uncomfortable? I liked that we sat next to each other at the almost adult sized table. I do not like the "across the desk" conferences.

2. Did the teacher share specific observations of your child with you? How were these observations shared? (verbal stories, work samples?) Yes, she was very specific about academic progress via verbal stories and she showed me his school work and tests and even offered her thoughts on why some of the answers were wrong. She also outlined some of his behaviors that she is working to correct. She gave me her plan of action.

3. Did the teacher ask for input from you prior to the conference? No. In the 13 years my kids have been in the public school system in KY, I have never been asked for input prior to a conference.

4. How long was the conference? Was this a sufficient amount of time? 25-30 minutes and yes...it was enough time.

5. Was there anything you would change about the conference? No. The teacher was knowledgable, offered praise and constructive criticism, and her own opinions which I admire. She addressed some issues directly and told me how she planned to work towards correcting them. PJ...I think all parents are looking for teachers who are direct when discussing their children and who not only identify problems but identify solutions as well.

HAVE A GOOG DAY, EVERYONE!