RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for School to Start Again?
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/24/2008 8:54:21 PM
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MrsTracy72
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Thanks, but I am a bit scared now that she said he isn't too diligant in his studies. I hope she is measuring by China standards and not ours because I know their highschools are way tougher than ours. I replied to her e:mail and sent her pics of us and then gave her my myspace address so maybe we will see if she responds back before he gets here this week.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/24/2008 9:00:22 PM
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I need to write a note to my son's teacher. He had to pick and define ten words out of two chapters of a book for an assignment. Ten words he didn't already know the definition of. So he had a lot of trouble since he already knew what most of the words meant. But he didn't feel like the teacher believed him about that.
See my children would have a difficult time with this as well. My kids are so well read that they've developed quite extensive vocabularies! What also helps is that when they come across a word in their reading or in everyday life that they don't know I don't just define it for them. I tell them to go look it up because that's why I keep dictionaries in the house!
We had a family reunion today with a branch of Brian's Mom's family. It was held only about 45 minutes south of us. We had completely forgotten about it til Saturday.
We were supposed to go to Ethan's cub scout troops Rain Gutter Regatta today, but there was just so much else going on. I dropped off some celery sticks at the meeting place and turned around and went home.
I got to go and get the kids to bed. It's getting late - They will be bears to get up in the morning if they are not in bed SOON!
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/24/2008 9:02:39 PM
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What year of HS is he Tracy? Do you know how his grades are at home? Maybe he'll be more diligent here than he is at home.
Dee
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/24/2008 9:11:20 PM
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I am not sure how their system works so all I know is they are putting him in as a senior as of now. Next week we have an appointment with the guidance counselor and we will see because he is just 16 now and turning 17 on sept 1 so he may or may not even have been ready to graduate.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/24/2008 10:01:14 PM
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Tink, is that you in the pink tee with the striped over shirt? Since she is in most of them I assumed so. Looks like you were having a good time!
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We had a family reunion today with a branch of Brian's Mom's family. It was held only about 45 minutes south of us. We had completely forgotten about it til Saturday.
Wow, good thing you remembered!
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/24/2008 11:31:03 PM
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FYI Old Navy will have a certain style of jean on sale next Saturday at $12 a pair for adults and $7 for kids/babies.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/24/2008 11:31:06 PM
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Great pics tink!!!
I should totally be in bed but I can't sleep now. Oh well, that is me. I am so bored and ran out of places to post. How pathetic is that??? Anyway we went to my FIL's duplex to pick up the mattress and boxspring we were going to use for our exchange student, and it was so disguisting in there that we decided to go buy one new.
We had to call FIL and tell him the condition of the apartment and he was not pleased.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/24/2008 11:32:14 PM
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FYI Old Navy will have a certain style of jean on sale next Saturday at $12 a pair for adults and $7 for kids/babies.
The only thing I don't like about Old Navy is their sizes seem to run super small and they make me feel super large.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/25/2008 12:03:51 AM
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Actually Brandy I think that was this weekend! I got Ethan's for $7 a pair and Aryn's for $12. Unless of course they are doing it again.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/25/2008 12:19:52 AM
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Garsy, I just saw your last post. I'm glad you remembered the reunion; forgetting something like that sounds like something I would do.
I don't usually order school pics either; we took some of the kids this summer. Free would work though!
That's too bad about the pictures for the yearbook Kath. I wonder why they don't just use the school guy pics for those who don't turn in a different one.
I got my note to the teacher written and in the bookbag. I gave her my email; I think that'd be easier for her, but whatever she wants to do.
Thanks for the sale tip for Old Navy Brandy! Is it online too? I just realized Isabel was born on my mom's birthday; I wonder if I realized that once and then forgot?
I got a bunch of stuff last winter at Old Navy at their big clearance sale; some of it I'll get out soon.
Thanks for sharing the pics Tinkerbell! Looks like fun!
I'm sorry about the bed Tracy. I wonder how they figure out where the kids from other countries belong, since the school systems can be so different.
Dee
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/25/2008 2:31:11 AM
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Garsy, that's weird because I saw the ad today on TV. I wondered for a minute but figured they couldn't run an ad that was over the day before...?
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/25/2008 9:11:35 AM
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I'm sorry about the bed Tracy. I wonder how they figure out where the kids from other countries belong, since the school systems can be so different.
Dee
They do have transcripts, and sadly, most countries have tougher systems than we do so it is almost always a no brainer that the kids are going to be advanced. In my case, they are putting a kid who is now 16 but turns 17 the day before school starts into his senior year. I wish I could have done that, but my high school experience was different.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/25/2008 5:52:10 PM
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Me too Dee! Hubby has a book on order right now that he needs for his wednesday class that isn't here yet! He's getting seriously impatient! He had me check the post office three times today!
Zoe brought home a envelope from school today that I recognized right away. It was from the Special Services department wanting Zoe to have a speech evaluation. Apparently her teacher has noticed apparently that she is having trouble "articulating her r's" So having some experience in this area, (I went through 4 YEARS of speech therapy, took a couple courses in speech therapy in college, and Ethan went through speech therapy starting late in 2nd grade and through most of 3rd grade) I had her read to me. I noticed that she did have a slight problem especially when the ending sound was an r. I think I will get the evaluation done. I trust the speech pathologist to do a good evaluation as I've known her for many years.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/25/2008 6:58:52 PM
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Garcy, Jake is still like that with his R sound. He is 12 but when I asked his teachers about it in the earlier grades, they told me not to worry.
I got a letter and some pics of the olympics from my exchange student today. I think this is going to work out fine. I was supposed to use a bed from my FIL, but due to unforseen circumstances, I had to go buy a new one today, but I did good. I took the sales flyer into the store, told him which set I wanted but that I didn't want to pay that much for it. The set was 279 and the frame was 50. I ended up getting everything for 274.56. See? All you have to do is ask.
Actually I told him that I bought my entire house from that store and I felt it would be ok if he asked his manager to just do that. He didn't fight me too much and it took all of 5 minutes. Now I just have to get it in the house.
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RE: August POPPS Chat Thread.... Are You Ready for Scho... - 8/26/2008 8:07:54 AM
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And, are you happy about that?
Don't keep your feelings in, it isn't healthy.
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They actually got into town and stayed at Brian's sisters Friday night. 
School starts tomorrow! School starts tomorrow! 
