Wednesday, July 13, 2011

likes to draw


I had a meeting with my daughter's teacher yesterday.  She's had some low grades (not kinda low, failing low) and I wasn't sure if she was still missing some work from when she was sick.  Her teacher, who is very sweet and well-loved by her second grade charges, told me my daughter is doing fine, but there is one problem:  she is constantly drawing during class.  Not in the open, on top of her desk, but sneakily in a notebook hidden on her lap.  This was not surprising, she loves to draw.

I do not want to discourage her love of drawing but I would like her to pay more attention in class.  My plan is to focus on her school work a little more than I have been; pay more attention to her homework.  I'm hoping that with a little focused energy on my part, I can get her a little more engaged.  It's not that I think grades are terribly important, but she really is so capable and it comes easy when she tries and pays attention.  We will see what happens.

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  1. My son was always drawing when he was younger. One day when he was in grade 2 I yelled at him because instead of practicing his spelling words, he had turned each word into a lovely little drawing. I told him to stop drawing and learn the words and he asked me Why? And I couldn't think of one reason why it was more important for a seven year old to learn to spell a list of words than to create some lovely drawings. I ended up putting him in a school that taught the Alberta curriculum through the arts, which worked out good. I was lucky to have such an option though.

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  2. That's a great drawing too! Love the crabs.

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  3. I kind of dread the day when she asks me why, and I know it's only a matter of time. An arts-centric school would be great for her, but of course that does not exist here. At least she is clever--she learns things quickly when she bothers to pay attention.

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