Daffy, friend of Walt Clyde's, has moved from Northern New Jersey to New York State. He is chronicling the move here:
The Daffy Renovation Project
His new place will undergo many renovations over the upcoming months, and since Daffy is handy as a fixer-upper you might find it interesting. So check there periodically.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
How kids feel about going back to school
"Conversation" at rehabilitation session for my knee yesterday...
Situation: the room has one physical therapist and several patients of both genders and all ages scattered around going through their exercises. An 8-year-old kid comes in with his mother, and the therapist, who is an outgoing woman in her late 20s, is leaning over talking to him the way you'd imagine one talks to a little kid.
Therapist: "So, are you excited to be going back to school?"
Kid: (shy shrug)
T: "Are you sad that school is starting again?"
K: (shy shrug)
T: "Or do you just show up when they tell you?"
K: (shy shrug)
T: (laughing) "Ok, well, let's get started..."
Inside, I laughed at the concept "You just show up when they tell you" and thought ahead to school about to start back up. That seems to summarize the attitude of a large number of the high school kids I've seen in the past 9 years. They just show up when we tell them. Not excited, not sad. Just there.
Here's hoping that we can get some of them more motivated to do more than just show up when they are told...
Situation: the room has one physical therapist and several patients of both genders and all ages scattered around going through their exercises. An 8-year-old kid comes in with his mother, and the therapist, who is an outgoing woman in her late 20s, is leaning over talking to him the way you'd imagine one talks to a little kid.
Therapist: "So, are you excited to be going back to school?"
Kid: (shy shrug)
T: "Are you sad that school is starting again?"
K: (shy shrug)
T: "Or do you just show up when they tell you?"
K: (shy shrug)
T: (laughing) "Ok, well, let's get started..."
Inside, I laughed at the concept "You just show up when they tell you" and thought ahead to school about to start back up. That seems to summarize the attitude of a large number of the high school kids I've seen in the past 9 years. They just show up when we tell them. Not excited, not sad. Just there.
Here's hoping that we can get some of them more motivated to do more than just show up when they are told...
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