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"Maybe rearranging his class schedule with math at the end of the day, so he leaves school and can blow off whatever steam/stress he might be feeling some other way than fighting." Nope can't do that. The class as a whole rotates thru out the day. He doesn't want to be moved from his home room. Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Ok, my oldest son really struggles in Math. MY SON IS A PERFECTIONIST!! I have been working with him at home nightly, per his teacher. My son goes to see a counselor for some anger issues which I believe really stem from his frustration with Math. Math is the first subject of the day, if Math class goes to shit, his whole day can go down the tubes (he has been sent down to the Principals office twice now for fighting). His father and I never ever pressure him to do more then he can do, meaning if he gets a 76 on a test we don't ask for an 85 next time. We just ask him to do the best he can. We give him oodles of reassance that we don't care what the grade is just try your best. My sons confidence level in the class is totally in the shitter and he broke down in the therapists office last night. She is really afraid that he will start to hate school in general and the rest of his school career will be lost. This is how bad it is getting. He needs a tutor she said. Well I walk him into class this morning and talk to his teacher. He said that he can see a huge improvement in my sons work. That my son is doing better, he is NOT failing the class as of right now and that my sons biggest problem is that when he does get a passing grade that it is just not good enough for him WTF?? I mean we stress to my son that we just want him to try, that if he gets a 76 on a test so be it. At this point my son is terrified that he is going to fail and that he will go to summer school. He has only been in school for just about 9 weeks. Its gonna be along school year if he doesn't feel confident about Math. I showed him his grade he is passing with a 74 (huge relief for me and I am thrilled). I don't know what else I can say to him to make him believe in himself and let him know that we don't care what he gets in this class!! Oooh and it's not like we talk about this struggle day in and day out. We realize that this is a stressful situation on him and don't want to keep stirring the pot. He absolutely hates Math, thinks he is the only one that is struggling and feels like a failure. All of his other class grades are superb. And the thing is, the way they teach Math here in our state is NOT the same way they taught Math when I was a kid.So to help him at home with any kind of indepth study is pointless on my part, cause I don't freakin get it either!! They make getting the answer to the problem harder then it has to be. What can I do for him and his self confidence?? We give him praise all the time we spend time with him. Is there any way to squeeze this perfectionist side out of him!!!!!!!????????? Thanks for letting me vent. I am really upset about this. I feel really bad for him. Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Aaaah you big baby!!!! Suck it up Cupcake!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Every girl should know general maintenance on a car!!

The first time I had to change a flat was after a night out with the girls. BF was taking to long to get there and the Margaritas were kickin' in. Soooo my confidence grew and I said to my GF lets change it together. We did it. I don't know how that fucker (tire) stayed on, but it did. I was pretty proud of myself!! Though I had to stand on the "nut lossener upper thingy" to get the bolts loose. Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Nothing gained? Nothing lost? Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

DING! DING! DING! Folks we have a winner!!!!!! Eeeew Gross!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

So I guess what your saying is that Mr Firemans hose was good enough?? I'm glad you ok, seriously!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Hey! Mr Fireman! Can I play with your hose?? Glad your ok!!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

When your a Mom you do what you have to do! Seriously though? I caught it with my hands...ever see the comercial where the lady takes a dive onto the new carpet just as a wine glass starts to spill over? That was me, only with the new carpet we put in years ago. Right as my son was going to hurl. I have learned my lesson and have since put in hard wood floors. Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

"On a lighter note, ... what are you doing putting something your son sticks up his nose, up your nose??!! That's kind of like trading boogers..." I made sure to wipe it off before and after I used it with rubbing alcohol. As a Mom we have traded alot lot worse then boogers!! I am I right Moms or am I right??!! Now try catching vomit!! That my friends it loads of fun!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

You know, I don't know. I don't think so but I could be wrong. Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Eggplant! Lebanon Bolgna!! (shit is just plain gross!!) Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

I haven't used drugs for many years. There are a few things that I stay away from because of my past addictions. One being any home and garden center. What ever is in their lawn care section, the smells seem very familiar to me. Well I have figured out something else that I need to stay away from. My son was presrcibed a nasal spray yesterday via a DR because he is suffering from allergies and a nasty head cold. Well I woke up with a stuffed up nose and decided to see what this stuff was all about. I never even gave it a thought. I sprayed and my head felt like it was hit by a bolt of lightening. It was totally bizarre. It was really weird, the same tastes, sensations everything. Nasal spray...another thing to put on my list to stay the hell away from! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Aaaah one of the many joys of dog ownership!! My Aussie shepard will run every chance she gets and when she comes back she reeks to high heaven (gag...she is a bitch to was because of her full coat). Maybe she and Karma should get together for a romp or two. Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Thanks...poll away people!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Apperently she was fired because there were nudes scattered about the museum and a child was offended. Of course the school board syas there is more to it then just the field trip incident. Here is the story. FRISCO, Tex., Sept. 28 — “Keep the ‘Art’ in ‘Smart’ and ‘Heart,’ ” Sydney McGee had posted on her Web site at Wilma Fisher Elementary School in this moneyed boomtown that is gobbling up the farm fields north of Dallas. But Ms. McGee, 51, a popular art teacher with 28 years in the classroom, is out of a job after leading her fifth-grade classes last April through the Dallas Museum of Art. One of her students saw nude art in the museum, and after the child’s parent complained, the teacher was suspended. Although the tour had been approved by the principal, and the 89 students were accompanied by 4 other teachers, at least 12 parents and a museum docent, Ms. McGee said, she was called to the principal the next day and “bashed.” She later received a memorandum in which the principal, Nancy Lawson, wrote: “During a study trip that you planned for fifth graders, students were exposed to nude statues and other nude art representations.” It cited additional complaints, which Ms. McGee has challenged. The school board suspended her with pay on Sept. 22. In a newsletter e-mailed to parents this week, the principal and Rick Reedy, superintendent of the Frisco Independent School District, said that Ms. McGee had been denied transfer to another school in the district, that her annual contract would not be renewed and that a replacement had been interviewed. The episode has dumbfounded and exasperated many in and out of this mushrooming exurb, where nearly two dozen new schools have been built in the last decade and computers outnumber students three to one. A representative of the Texas State Teachers Association, which has sprung to Ms. McGee’s defense, calls it “the first ‘nudity-in-a-museum case’ we have seen.” “Teachers get in trouble for a variety of reasons,” said the association’s general counsel, Kevin Lungwitz, “but I’ve never heard of a teacher getting in trouble for taking her kiddoes on an approved trip to an art museum.” John R. Lane, director of the museum, said he had no information on why Ms. McGee had been disciplined. “I think you can walk into the Dallas Museum of Art and see nothing that would cause concern,” Mr. Lane said. Over the past decade, more than half a million students, including about a thousand from other Frisco schools, have toured the museum’s collection of 26,000 works spanning 5,000 years, he said, “without a single complaint.” One school recently did cancel a scheduled visit, he said. He did not have its name. The uproar has swamped Frisco school switchboards and prompted some Dallas-area television stations to broadcast images of statues from the museum with areas of the anatomy blacked out. Ms. Lawson and Mr. Reedy did not return calls. A spokeswoman for the school district referred questions to the school board’s lawyer, Randy Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs said, “there was a parent who complained, relating the complaint of a child,” but he said he did not know details. In the May 18 memorandum to Ms. McGee, Ms. Lawson faulted her for not displaying enough student art and for “wearing flip-flops” to work; Ms. McGee said she was wearing Via Spiga brand sandals. In citing the students’ exposure to nude art, Ms. Lawson also said “time was not used wisely for learning during the trip,” adding that parents and teachers had complained and that Ms. McGee should have toured the route by herself first. But Ms. McGee said she did exactly that. In the latest of several statements, the district contended that the trip had been poorly planned. But Mr. Gibbs, the district’s lawyer, acknowledged that Ms. Lawson had approved it. “This is not about a field trip to a museum,” the principal and superintendent told parents in their e-mail message Wednesday, citing “performance concerns” and other criticisms of Ms. McGee’s work, which she disputes. “The timing of circumstances has allowed the teacher to wave that banner and it has played well in the media,” they wrote. They took issue with Ms. McGee’s planning of the outing. “No teacher’s job status, however, would be jeopardized based on students’ incidental viewing of nude art,” they wrote. Ms. McGee and her lawyer, Rogge Dunn, who are exploring legal action, say that her past job evaluations had been consistently superior until the museum trip and only turned negative afterward. They have copies of evaluations that bear out the assertion. Retracing her route this week through the museum’s European and contemporary galleries, Ms. McGee passed the marble torso of a Greek youth from a funerary relief, circa 330 B.C.; its label reads, “his nude body has the radiant purity of an athlete in his prime.” She passed sculptor Auguste Rodin’s tormented “Shade;” Aristide Maillol’s “Flora,” with her clingy sheer garment; and Jean Arp’s “Star in a Dream.” None, Ms. McGee said, seemed offensive. “This is very painful and getting more so,” she said, her eyes moistening. “I’m so into art. I look at it for its value, what each civilization has left behind.” School officials have not named the child who complained or any particular artwork at issue, although Ms. McGee said her puzzlement was compounded when Ms. Lawson referred at times to “an abstract nude sculpture.” Ms. McGee, a fifth-generation Texan who has a grown daughter, won a monthly teacher award in 2004 from a local newspaper. She said the loss of her $57,600-a-year job could jeopardize her mortgage and compound her health problems, including a heart ailment. Some parents have come to Ms. McGee’s defense. Joan Grande said her 11-year-old daughter, Olivia, attended the museum tour. “She enjoyed the day very much,” Ms. Grande said. “She did mention some nude art but she didn’t make a big deal of it and neither did I.” She said that if Ms. McGee’s job ratings were high before the incident, “something isn’t right” about the suspension. Another parent, Maijken Kozcara, said Ms. McGee had taught her children effectively. “I thought she was the greatest,” Ms. Kozcara said. But “knowing Texas, the way things work here” she said of the teacher’s suspension, “I wasn’t really amazed. I was like, ‘Yeah, right.’ ” Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Issues?! Issues?! We don't need no stinkin' issues!!!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

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It just means you are in the same club as the rest of us. Congrats!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

I gave a teeny tiny piece to my little dog. You should have seen her reaction!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Been there done that. Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Pita Thins!!! Roasted Garlic! If you like/love Garlic, these bad boys are for you!! Mmmmmmmmmm Whats you new favorite snack food?? Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Lavendar!! I don't think anything or anyone looks good in Peach! Bleck!!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

Nobody said it was gonna be easy. You will make a butt ton of mistake while raising kids. It takes that one split second for it to all go to shit. Been there done that. No matter what you do to keep them safe, something is right there to take all that away. Do the best that you can and hope and pray to God that they make it to 21 or 18, whatever comes first! OBTW..."father of the year"? NO SUCH THING!! Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.