I agree, sometimes I find myself really biting my tongue for things that affect my own children, if I think they are "minor leaguers". I do think you have to keep that "choose your battle" mentality in your head all the times with kids that have more than their fair share of battles (ie, any GT child!) If the battle doesn't even affect your child....I'd definitely cheer any fighters from a distant sideline,
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I just had to bite my tongue this morning. DD brought her yearbook and I was looking through it. The regular classes were labeled like this:
Mrs. So-and-so's 3rd Grade Class
The special ed classes were labeled like this:
Mrs. Whatsername's 2nd/3rd Grade Special Day Class.
There was also
Mr. Whatchamacallit's 5th/6th GATE Combo Class.
Why in the world do they feel the need to point out that it's a special ed class or a GATE class? It's just a yearbook. We can't put down our labels for the freaking yearbook?
Anyway. I'll stop ranting now.
