Personal Challenges

Greetings y'all :

Yes I took yesterday off from writing the blog and for a very good reason. I overslept . OK so it's s not so good reason.

Brief recap then y'all . Wednesday was quite wonderful . We both had good days at school. Young Master Robinson likes doing his homework in my classroom after school. This year he has been conducive to my help if he has questions or to my redirection if he needs it. Ahh I'll take it !

Wednesday evening was library to get his first "Black Eye Susan" book. He's challenged himself to read all the grade 4-6 books and grade 6-9 books and a handful of the high school books (which I will pre-read for content, subject and language) . Last night he read chapter 4 of "Blue Comet" aloud to me and started a dictionary. The dictionary is going to be words he encounter but does not know the meaning. After library we swam , or rather as he said - he trained. We encountered a trio of children who have traditionally bullied Zander. These children followed him wherever he moved. Zander was being respectful and mindful of they right to play in a community pool. They jumped on him, threw balls at him, hit him and jumped in front of him. Zander would apologize and find a new location. We both told the children that Zander was training and to please be mindful that he is giving them space, but alas twas to no avail. At one point the oldest pointed his finger at me and made shooting sounds while his mother laughed. We remained calm and I ended up swimming laps as well. We choose peace.

Thursday was another great day too. Zander had some tough homework . Glad I've taught third grade math and know what is expected for BCRs . I was proud of my little man for working diligently and accepting when erred. Like I mentioned we read for about two hours but after swimming of course. We are mourning the pending ending of the pool season. Guess where we'll be this weekend?

Happy Friday one and all! Remain present because the future is just round the bend. It's the next breath.

Thanks for reading y'all !