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I am so TIRED! I worked a BINGO last night from 5:15 until midnight, meaning I was awake for 20 1/2 hours yesterday, by the time I got to bed. Husband got up at 6AM for his weekly breakfast meeting, so I had 5 1/2 hours of sleep there, then an extra hour before he phoned to get me out of bed. Today, you see, is the day Daughter goes to the French Immersion school for a trial run, and we talk with the principal there.
Yesterday afternoon we talked with her current teacher and principal, and both of them totally agree that this is the best thing to do for her, considering her abilities and the way the other kids react to that. How many Kindergarteners these days can read chapter books and multiply, eh? So we are going to give her this challenge to bring her down a notch (this sounds mean, but it's actually a good thing), so she will have success in life not only in terms of the doors that will open to her with the French, but also in terms of teaching her what it is like to face, and deal with, a challenge.
It's going to be fun to see how the kids grow and change in the next years, and this new opportunity is going to be great, especially since we are taking a trip to Montreal in November 2008....she should be able to understand a few of the signs and maybe talk to someone in French a bit while we are there. We figure if Son shows signs of being like Daughter, we will just put him in the French Immersion right at the Kindergarten level, and skip trying the English stream. We may just do it anyway, since it might be good to have both kids at the same school.
I am hoping Son decides to cooperate and nap today, because *I* seriously need one! Shocking as it may sound to all you high school friends (you know who you are!), I can only drink so much coffee.