We ended the week with Dylan’s final field trip (for the year?) — a local production of “The Frog Prince” at the Mello Center in Watsonville. I volunteered at the school that morning, so apparently I earned some special treatment (my group — just Dylan and Maya! — and I were excused from the class first)! I would say that I was also spared a large group of kids and any unruly ones as well! Phew!
After the performance, we went to Blue Ball Park for lunch and play time. It just so happened that another local school had the exact same field trip, so Dylan saw his pen pal, Kai and we saw Jenny’s daughter Julie!
We also got Dylan’s report card. He did very well and we are so proud of his hard work. It has been really enlightening to volunteer in the classroom. For all that we perceive Dylan’s attention span as waning or his progress as sometimes slower than seems “reasonable” when we’re working on homework with him, I am able to gain some perspective when I see where he “stands” relative to his classmates.
The range of abilities is wide, but even knowing the low and high ends reassures me on his overall progress.
Is he at the top of the class? Nah. And that is fine. I still would rather he be kind and cooperative than be #1 and competitive; interested for the sake of learning and not just learning for the sake of a grade. For the record, he got 2 S’s, one for handwriting and the other for math facts; everything else was an “E”(on a system of N-needs improvement; S-satisfactory; and E-excellent).
Other school-related news? His classmate (Helena) has a crush on Dylan (what else is new? Maya does, too (his best buddy). And so does Olivia (according to Olivia’s mom). And, my guess is that the source of the news (Cienna) does, too, but that’s just a guess…! And, I’m not about to tell Dylan any of this!).
I asked Dylan how he felt about it. His response: “awwwwkward”. They all seem so young for all of this business so I hope it doesn’t become some silly distraction and, more, I hope Dylan doesn’t let it get to his head!
