On Tuesday, I had my geology midterm (today we are watching a video and doing a work sheet - kind of like high school!). Before the test, my teacher was giving us some information about an upcoming project, and she added some advice that has tucked itself into my brain, I've been ruminating on it all week!
She said,
"Parent/Teacher Conferences are great, because you get to meet the Tree that your Apple came from."
Isn't that wonderful? What a great way to look at it. My mom took this idea and ran with it, she suggested that I squirrel that quote away and wait until two weeks beforeParent/Teacher Conferences (PTC), then work with the kids on Family Trees and have the children make themselves the apple on their tree. Then when the parents come to PTC, have them wear apple name tags and it would be my own private joke. She said I'll need it because PTC are also one of the most frustrating parts of being a teacher!
Last night I had a dream about it and in my dream the parents were wearing tree-shaped nametags with a small apple that had their child's name on it! (which wouldn't be hard with a die-cut tree and one of those scrapbooking hole punch-thingies!)
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| A created in Paint example - I know my apple is lacking! |
By the way, both Josh and his mom are fictitious.
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