Monday, May 16, 2011

Finals

As I'm getting ready to complete my first final in school I think about my finals is life. I wish there was a defining test that would tell me how I did in the subject. I wish there was a study period where you can say, by 10 am tomorrow it will all be over.
What would my subjects be? I think my first one and hardest one would be child rearing. I wonder if it would be cumulative for all kids or individual. would it only encompass a particular time in their lives? I would totally ace the infant stage. I think I did have a final for that stage, it was called they advanced to toddler age. I don't know how I did in this section. Maybe a B+? the toddler age was hard as I at one point had one at infant, 2 at toddler and one school age. They were major headaches, I remember crying all the time. I wonder if I got taken any points off for feeding them cereal for dinner? Or what if I let them sit in front of the TV for hours on end? Is there a curve?
Will my negligence for housework come into this final or is that another separate subject all together. Is taking the kids to my moms so I can watch TV that isn't cartoons count as cheating? I at times watched my friends kids, does that count as extra credit? Who is grading this test anyways? When I finish the test can I sell back the materials and get some money back? Do I need a #2 pencil?
I sometimes try to grade my projects by how they are developing. They keep reminding me that they are not an extension of me and therefore are responsible for their own successes. But their failures apparently I had a hand in, ha.

So in the end I realize, no there is no final, there is no test, and when I am been graded it is usually by me and I am very harsh. Sometimes I feel like I'm just getting by and other times I am the best mom in the world. I think in the end I come back with "I am doing the best I can with the resources I have"

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