Yeah!

In the past several years, Loramie has begun to announce at the end of the school year who the kids' teacher is for the next year. I had been dreading this moment because I did not want Nathan to get Mrs. D. Everyone says that she is a great teacher, but she must give out hours of homework every night. At the beginning of the school year every year there is a fuss with parents about the amount of homework. I had a hard time getting Nathan to do what little homework he had in kindergarten, so I knew it would be a huge fight every night to get his homework done once he was in 1st grade.

I did not want to be one of those parents that call the school and request any teacher but her, so I prayed and hope that both of us would get lucky. When we had our last parent teacher conference for Nathan, I asked Mrs. Knouff if she had any say in who the kids got for a teacher the following year. I told her that I only ask because while I know Mrs. D is a good teacher, I cannot fight him every night to do hours of homework. Nor do I have the time to. Mrs. Knouff was very good in saying that all the teachers give about the same amount of homework, and that they were all good teachers.

When I sent Nathan off to school on Wednesday, I had an ache in the pit of my stomach. I was so afraid that he would come home and tell us that he had Mrs. D next year. When I got home from work Bruce told me that Nathan got Mrs. D. My jaw dropped. I thought I might cry. I let out a wail. Then Bruce said, "Just kidding. He got Mrs. Poeppelman." Whew! I know 1st grade will still be challenge, but that was a load off my mind.