Tag: school
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Trials of being a parent
Being a parent is like fighting for a seat on a RyanAir flight. Everyone is out for themselves and the weak are trampled.
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School lunch
My son recently got back from a school trip to Tallinn, Estonia where his class visited another school. A nice parent took pictures (because in 4 days my son only […]
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My experience in a parallel world
I had a parallel world experience yesterday. I went to pick up my son after school. I walked into his section of classes. After looking everywhere, noting that they had […]
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I have a (5th grade) dream…
I visited my 5th grade son’s school earlier this week and I noticed kids’ projects taped to the wall for their English lessons that said, “I Have a Dream” (they’re […]
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Old Timey Days
Our son (11 yrs old): Our class wants to do an “Old Timey Day” at school. Us (picturing frontier times, bonnets): That sounds great! Our son: Yeah, like […]
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I got teachers to see and sandwiches to eat!
My 10-year old travels by himself on the subway to school each morning along with many other 10+ year olds. I usually walk him to the station each morning to […]
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Summer Camp
In Sweden, most kids through Grade 3 have the opportunity for a free-time club through the schools during the summer. After Grade 3, you’re on your own once school is […]
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Twins
My oldest son has twins in his class. I said, “Are they identical twins or fraternal?” He replied, “There are twins in my class?” I guess that answers my question.
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I Don’t Like Mondays – and neither do the kids
Today is everyone’s first day back to school after Easter break. I had to haul depressed kids to the kitchen table for breakfast. Then, in typical Monday fashion, we all […]
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Don’t Mess With Texas
There’s a parent at my kid’s school that is ….. hm…. how shall we say….. not a nice person. I am doing my best to always be nice and polite […]
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Playground politics
I’ve been reading a book recently on World War 2 and was trying to mention a few things to my 10-year old son yesterday, which simply lead to a re-hash […]
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Fish sticks
My 7 year old was very disappointed with his school lunch: “Ugh! They had fish sticks at school today, and you know what was in them?! DEAD FISH!”
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HORRORtines!
My son is going to a party at his school this evening. No, it’s not a Valentine’s party. Because this is Friday the 13th, it’s a HORRORtine’s party! What a […]
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A 10 year old with a phone
Now that my son has to travel on his own to school, we gave him his own phone. Giving a 10-year old their own phone results in daily messages like […]
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Straight E’s!
I just realized that I forgot to report how I did in my most recent Swedish class. I got an E! No kidding. The email said, “You have received a […]
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Students
You see, when the kids graduate in Sweden, they load them up on trucks and take them away to their new jobs. At least that’s what I think they do. […]
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My half-Texan son
I found out that my son hit another boy last week at school. My son is normally very calm and quiet, so I was concerned and asked what happened. He […]
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These kids and their fancy bananas.
I had a test today in my Swedish class. It was a writing test. Out of the two topics given, I chose, “Write an opinion letter to your local paper […]
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Will it never end?
You think I’m joking when I say everything about in Sweden is about Abba, but here is today’s homework in Swedish class. It’s all about two men named Björn and […]
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Be careful what you ask
Our Swedish teacher asked our class of students from all over the world today what we thought was different about Sweden and Swedes. She was bombarded by shouting: “They all […]