Excited

I have been super impressed with Wm so far this school year. He has really grown and matured! He has visited his teacher's office hours with questions, reached outside of his comfort zone to initiate friendships, is joining student organizations, and is learning so much!! The Metro model is also really impressive. Wm took a Math quiz and got a B. But, at Metro, he's not done. He has to remediate that test because he missed some. What that means is: he goes over the quiz, sees which questions he missed, and then, he figures out how to do those problems. Then, a week later, he retakes the test (just the problems he missed). He keeps that up until he has mastered the materials and gets an A. There will be no gaps in his knowledge because he "passed." For instance, he  missed 2 questions on the quiz. Both were about rational vs. irrational numbers. So, Wm knew he didn't fully understand that concept. He went to his Math teacher's office hours and now knows it backward and forward after a bit of one-on-one help. Soon, he'll retake the quiz - and likely get a 100! In a "regular" school, a B is great and he'd be done and move on. But, he'd also be moving on never having truly understood rational/irrational numbers. Now, instead of not know that concept - it's probably the one he knows best!! It's a shame every school doesn't do this!


Flip has knocked out all his training. Except when excited. He knows what he's supposed to do, but his enthusiasm is no match for good behavior!! I took a video of him trying to do "place" when Steve gets home from work (one of Flip's most exciting times of day!) You can see the inner turmoil as he wants to race all around and jump/lick all over Steve, but he also wants to obey the command. You can see which wins out:



And, lastly a SUPER happy 18th anniversary to the Best Husband Ever!!