August 30, 2007

  •  More things that make me smile -

    Tee Shirt:

     "There are 10 kinds of people in the world"
    Those who understand binary and those who don't.

    Bumper Stickers:

    Illiterate?
    write for help

    Quit Honking
    I'm on the Phone

    ONE NATION
    under surveillance

    Only TWO more days ...

    Razorback

     

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    Tucker Report

    I met with the team at Tucker's school yesterday.  It went very well.  The meeting lasted about two hours total and I'm not going to repeat everything here.  But I did want to tell you about one moment. 

    One of the team members asked, "is he a perfectionist?"  And while I was shaking my head "no" three other people said, "YES."

    I was surprised.  Okay astonished, that's probably a better word.  I thought that would be a good time for me to be quiet and just listen.  They described perfectionist behaviors and I was chagrined.  It certainly sounded like perfectionism.  How did I miss that?  I thought I knew Tucker as well as it was possible for a parent to know her child. 

    Last night I watched him doing homework.  He erased every single word - EVERY single word - at least four times in his effort to "get it right." 

    No wonder he's having trouble completing assignments. 

    I mentioned this to my best friend, "I don't know WHERE he would get that ..."    Okay, okay.  I get it.  But now what do I do about it?

     

     

     

Comments (7)

  • Hee hee heee!  Truth jumps right up and smacks us upside the head, doesn't it?

  • Wow...that's an interesting Tucker tale!  The truth really does make us free....I wonder why it's so hard to see the truth about ourselves and our children sometimes?  Maybe because we're looking from a vantage point that is way too up close and personal? 

    OMG!  I'm illiterate...I'll write for help! 

  • Wow some times we are just too close to things. Glad the meeting went well. Judi

  • Hehe! Perfectionism at it's best...or worst...depending on how you want to see the glass!

    Do I detect some HAWG-mania on the horizon???

  • Glad to hear that your meeting was such a success.  Oftentimes with our own children we do not see what is right under our very nose. 

  • Ryc: We are all unique so we do blaze a trail that others can follow and put their own twists and turns on. Judi

  • He needs to find his way to excellence without obsessing upon perfection. And how to accept that as human beings, we're absolutely DOOMED to never ever being perfect. Right?

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