another last day of the year. at times the year seemed interminable, but overall my little students made amazing progress and i am proud of them and will miss them. one little boy said goodbye and then, as his dad tried to drag him out of the room, launched into a detailed explanation of all the different kinds of explosions that will take place at his backyard explosion party that i will be invited to. mentos and diet coke. baking soda and vinegar. some chemical i have never heard of. the explosions will go THIS HIGH. like mount saint helens up to the SKY. this little guy entered school having daily 45 minute tantrums if he did not get the BLUE THING and is now able to say, "it's ok, i like blue a lot but sometimes i have to have other colored (fill in the blanks)." he used to avoid other kids but will now sit next to his little buddy making playdough volcanos together and say "awesome" and mean it if his friend shows him a playdough island with a tunnel through it. if i get the invitation to the explosion party for sure i will be there.
reality is hitting about my daughter going to mandarin immersion kindergarten in the near future and i am in obsessive worry overload, especially as she is going through an especially "out of her body" phase and seems pretty out of whack and disregulated. hey, maybe she is having a hard time because her mom is overly worried...could it be? i just read her brother's report card and instead of feeling proud of his second grade achievements, which include speaking, reading, and writing in mandarin, i worry about my daughter not being able to hack it.
sometimes i feel like a terrible mom.
anyway, maya has been asking me lots of questions about what is important lately:
what is more important, a house or food?
what is more important, your house or a big building?
what is more important, your kids or your car?
what is more important, how a bandaid looks or if it covers your boo-boo?
what is more important, your kids or watching tv?
what is more important, going to work or your kids?
what is more important, your pet or someone crying?
what is more important, love or eating bednight snack?
my son asks different questions: (this is yu-gi-oh talk)
who would win, explosive magician or battle fader?
who would win, volcanic doomfire or cyberdark dragon?
who would win, voltanis the adjudicator or mystic swordsman?
who would win, guardian sphinx or injection fairy lily?
there are people on the radio talking about ascending and declining civilizations. republicans fighting democrats. here in our city there is a battle going on over what kids should go to school where and why.
it takes all kinds to try and figure out this world. what is most important? how do we decide? is it getting the color blue all the time? winning the yu-gi-oh game? i like how maya is thinking and i want her in a school which encourages the search for this kind of wisdom. it feels like too much to ask lately but i want to know we are moving forward towards determining what is important for all of on our big blue marble. otherwise, what??
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asking what is important is good... knowing what is important for you can be good as well. Great is asking a lot of questions a lot of the time.
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