I am sitting here next to our ninth grade son who is currently doing his Geometry homework.
He is using words like hypotenuse and perpendicular
Trying to find the distance a lady in a parachute would be from the helicopter pad if she jumped from the helicopter after it flew from the pad at a 20 degree angle for 2.1 Kilometers…
What even are kilometers?
And you know all those weird buttons on calculators that you have no clue what they are for…yeah he is using those..and trying to explain them to me…
Heellllppppp…… cos(37) =x over 2.1 is Greek to me
I am just a mom
Not to diminish the value of being a mom
I just mean I am not a Geometry teacher
It has been 20 years since I was in Geometry
Before this I was teaching our first grade boy to read a clock
That I can do
Even tho I still haven’t taught him to tie his shoes (sorry Miss Gray!)
I still believe that I am amazing
Geometry degree aside
I am a human living the human experience and it is not easy
Trying and learning new things every day
We never know what’s coming
We don’t always have all the right tools
We don’t have all the answers
It doesn’t always go as planned
We don’t always have a plan
We change the plan constantly
We say that’s enough for one day and send everyone outside or take an ice cream break
We have full days where we do no homework at all
Where I clean and cook and just be a mom
Sometimes I just need a full day of not saying ‘If I catch you on games instead of classwork again you are going to lose chromebook privileges’
Whatever you are doing, have done, or will do to help your kids on their education route during this shutdown
I think you are amazing
You and your kids are amazing, even when the house is upside down
Even when:
The kids need a bath
Their nails need clipped
Their hair needs cut
They are sneaking onto games or other distractions on the chromebook every time you turn your back
Even when you don’t understand the homework
And the technology is confusing
And chromebooks won’t connect to the printer
And you Google for help
And while you are helping one child
Another is helping themselves to the blender for blended coffee creation inventions
aka: sticky mess of the century
Even if you can hardly keep all the teachers and assignments straight
Even when you get impatient or overwhelmed or frustrated
You are amazing for being you and living in your shoes under whatever hardship this shutdown has brought you
It has been an amazing experience
Amazingly unpredictable
Amazingly anxious
Amazingly full of memories
Amazingly full of learning experiences
Amazingly human