Feb 24 2010
100 Days Come and Gone
Zeke, Abby, and Josiah all had kindergarten classes that counted to 100 days. When Zeke’s 100th day of Kindergarten arrived, he brought in 100 marbles. They had a party. It was a happy day indeed.
Gabe went to Kindy in Australia and was too busy taking timed math tests and working on his handwriting to worry about parties for counting to 100.
Zeke came home from 100th day, and declared himself pleased with his accomplishment of Kindergarten.
“You do know that Kindergarten is not over after 100 days?” I asked him. “I’m done,” he said. “I did 100 days of Kindergarten. We counted to 100 and now it’s done.” He refused to believe me when I told him he had 3 more months of Kindergarten left.
The next morning while I was trying to get him out of bed, he insisted, “But I did my 100 days. I’m done.” The child hates to get out of bed in the morning. A trait he inherited from his mother.
He was forced back to school and has been none too happy about it for over a week.
A few days ago, Abby was telling us of another middle school student who refused to do any of his homework. Homework is a major part of the class grade and he couldn’t pass the classes without doing it. He was dismissed from the school.
After listening to Abby’s story, Zeke responded, “I wish I did that.”
