We are four months into school. The kids are understanding more but are still struggling. Mckenzie, Cassie, and Riley would say that they are loners. They just hang out with each other during the lunch break. Brent has met with all the teachers most are helpful but there is one particular biology teacher that is an %*#. When Brent went to talk to him and ask him what kind of help they can get he basically said there isn't anything you or I can do. He has written them off completely for the year. He doesn't care one bit, he completely ignores my kids.
There is no discipline in the schools here. Cassie has a teacher that everyday she has the class the students lock her out of the room. The kids will smoke joints during breaks and the kids often smell cigarette in the bathrooms.
Dayna and Cade seem to be doing well. Cade's teacher tells us he is speaking in school. We wouldn't know it because he insists on speaking English at home. There are a few occasions that he will slip in spanish words here and there. Dayna and Cade are speaking with perfect accents. Last night Cade said some word in spanish and when I tried to repeat it he kept telling me no that wasn't the word.
Cade for two months has been complaining about school. He doesn't want to go. We ask him why and he says the food is so gross. His only reason for not wanting to go to school was because of school lunch. After the Christmas break we have finally given in and he and Dayna now come home for lunch between 12:30 and 3:00. They both seem much happier but I will miss the quiet.
November 4, 2022
1 year ago
2 comments:
Youch! Thank goodness for the education through your travels. That's go to be worth something!
Two-and-a-half hours for lunch? My kids say they don't eat their food because they're hustled out to the playground in ten minutes. The long lunch is one part of Spain's schools I'd like. From your description, maybe the only part.
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