Tell me your child is anxious to come to school every day.
Tell me that I made you call your kid a liar.
Tell me that your child thinks I don't like him.
Sentence #3 is surely the worst thing you could possibly say to me. For one, it's not true. Some of the kids are hard to deal with at times, but I honestly like all of them. Secondly, that I could even project such an attitude is incredibly distressing.
I can't talk about this right now. Suffice it to say that, for the first day in our short school career, I have absolutely zero desire to go to school tomorrow.
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Oh no! I'm sure it's just a miscommunication... but how do you fix something like that without having the other kids think you're playing favorites, anyway? Hmm.
I'll try calling you this weekend, since we couldn't catch each other last week. Keep your chin up!
Am I gonna have to whip out the ol' kneecap-breaking pipe again and deal out a generous serving of european soccer hooliganism all over these miscreants?? And how exactly does one make another person call his or her offspring liars? I think we must suscribe to the Nazi school of culpibility or something...
just think, B...thanksgiving's just around the bend...
moose
Oh, Bridget. That's sucks. It really does. I will give you a call soon. Until then, BIG HUG.
Jamie
Keep your head up. The sun is always brighter tomorrow :) Thinking of you! ~Pamela
Bridget...
the kid is anxious to come to school because s/he doesn't speak German. Immersion is a really effective way to learn a language, sure, but the "Einstieg" *sucks*.
Chances are, once the anxiety about the language settles down, they will start to understand you better *and* see that you like them.
I agree with Moose... how could you *make* them say anything to their kids?
Keep up the good work. This is tough stuff, and it's more anxiety than a normal classroom would have, and I am sure you are handling it with finesse.
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