Standing On The Bridge To Tomorrow
It wasn't until this morning that it dawned on me. As I was coaxing Alexis into getting dressed for the day, she was complaining that she was OMG, SO TIRED. "You can sleep as late as you want next week, my dear," I told her.
Next week.
Next week summer vacation begins.
Somehow this year has whooshed by at blinding speed. Where once I had a kid barely old enough for kindergarten, suddenly there stands a kid who is ready for first grade. I've been so wrapped up in just getting by for the past few months I hadn't even noticed here we are. It's over.
I've very purposely not talked about some of the challenges we've faced with kindergarten for a variety of reasons, but most of them have to do with the fact that Alexis is still standing on that bridge. I try not to start throwing around matches and gasoline until everyone is safe and has crossed their bridges. In just a few days, the bridge will be crossed.
Another chapter will begin.
I haven't figured out exactly how much of that kindergarten chapter I'm going to write down. We've obviously gotten through it. I'm still pondering what value there will be to writing about all of the fury I've been gradually building since the first signs were flashed around. But, man, SO MUCH FURY.
Lost in the fury was the fact that here we are. Kindergarten is very nearly a distant memory.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Reader Comments (7)
Whats crazy is I just learnt that kindergarten isn't mandatory in PA. Can you imagine never going to kindergarten?
@Elena--That little fact is the root cause of SO much of our kindergarten drama. Like, 99% of it.
I'm sorry there's been drama and difficulty.
I can't believe mine are going to be 3rd and kinder and that Alexis is going to be 1st. WHERE has the time gone? WHERE??????
Well lets just hope Alexis has such an awesome 1st grade experience it wipes out K. Thats what happened here. Well sort of. Going into 4th (OMG!) and some of the K crazy still gets talked about.
I don't know what happened but I think some sort of time transportation was involved.
What you choose to write about is a personal choice and completely understandable. The important thing is you being an advicate for your child at school and in life. Trust me you will have to fight for her rights or just let things happen and see where it goes.
She might need a private school. Blake went to public k-1st 9 wks of freshman yr of high school and then we put him in private. Night and day on the academics and that was with Blake being in advanced classes and gifted and talented in public school. We were blessed and a friend of the family paid for him to go there so I know it just might not be possible. I'm just letting you know what we experianced. Or you could go the home school way...... you or she might not live to tell about it but... it's another option.
Good luck!
Jackie
if i blinked and your shy little one turned into an outgoing kid out of kindergarten, i can't imagine how you must feel! mind blowing.