Conference #2

We went to Wm's second, and final, parent/teacher conference for 3rd grade last night. It was the best ever! His teachers said Wm is "well-liked, polite, and friendly." His real strength is reading/writing - where his assessment put him in the 99th percentile and he's reading at nearly a middle school level. But he likes Math better, he says (and is in the high 90's there as well, so not too shabby!) His favorite thing is Art. His teachers said Wm is outstanding in everything - even his behavior!! He is never still, but they don't seem to mind that because he's always paying attention. Fingers crossed he has outgrown his disruptiveness!!

His math teacher was showing us the math that Wm's group is doing next and it's crazy geometry, like using pi and all that jazz! So I was like, "Seriously? 3rd grade? I don't even know how to do that stuff anymore." His teacher was like, "Well - this is 5th grade Math, but, yeah, you do." And I was like, "No, I really don't." And he goes, "Uhhh…aren't you a biomedical engineer?" I was like, "NO!" He said Wm told him I was a biomedical engineer! And then when I explained, he seemed all disappointed. Sigh. I'm BETTER than a biomedical engineering. I MAKE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS HAPPEN.  But in all seriousness - that math was on the GRE! It's not me, man! (OK…maybe it is…)

I also have a suspicion that Wm is nice at school and contains all his evilness so he can unleash it on us when he gets home. Because he has been a real pill recently. It's those damn screens!! I am tempted to throw the iPad out the window. I actually told Wm I was going to throw it out the window about a week ago, and the result was that he was SUPER nice for about 24 hours.

Last, it's Read-A-Thon time!! Anyone that wants to donate to Wm's reading (to benefit his school), please let me know!! Warning: I would suggest donating a set amount instead of a per hour of reading amount since Wm is KILLING it. It's only Week 1 and he's already finished Hatchet and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and is well into The Giver! I can't get books in from the library fast enough! 

And just for fun, here's a picture of Schroeder enjoying the Super Bowl with Steve: