Growing means starting school!!

Wow, two big leaps for my kids this week. I'm getting the papers to register the daughter for Kinder garden in the fall 2010 school year and the son starts his Early Intervention Speech Therapy school this coming Tuesday. The son will go to this school until he starts pre-school. Their School careers are on their way!!! My hubby and I started laughing we'll also be going back to school just to help out with the kids homework. We'll have to read a head in the kids text books just so we look smart to the kids..ha ha!! If they only knew!!! At least, we'll have the use of the Internet so the kids can look stuff up if we can't seem to understand something. I'm not so worried about their reading. I read books all the time and they have a library of books for them at home. We have books!!! I do want my kids to learn to grow up to be independent thinkers to hear both sides of the story and make up what they believe in. I want them to learn if they work hard they too can earn achievement. I really don't get the "we don't want anyone to feel left out and feel bad kind of thinking". Giving everyone a medal just for participating is only hindering the minds of the youth. The person who comes in first who worked hard to be first should get the award and the others..well try harder and next time you may come in first. There isn't any goal to strive to work hard. It's not giving the kids a goal to strive to do the best they can because they're going to get a medal anyway. I'm 35 years old so I could just be old school!! Who knows, maybe when my kids are getting ribbons, trophies, medals for participating I could change my tune. I probably send those trophies, medals and ribbons back to school because they are cluttering my house. I guess I'll have to wait and see how that way of teaching the youth of tomorrow really works. I just know not earning a trophy didn't hurt my ego or feelings as a kid. I just congratulated the person who did and then worked harder myself. I guess what I'm ranting about is I want to teach my kids they're not always going to come in first but if they work as hard as they are capable of then that's what matters. Be the best you can!! Take care, Peace!!