I don't know about your place but in Broken Arrow it is raining cats and dogs. That means it is raining a lot.
Several years ago I had the pleasure of going to Panama. It was life changing. I worked deep in the rain forest talk about primitive..No running water, no electricity and when night came it was dark.
Our interpreter was a young man by the name of Carlos..boy I miss that guy. He was sooo kind and always cared for all our needs while we were there.
What I remember most about Carlos was when he was interpreting for us and myself or a member of our group would use a slang..like raining cats and dogs or some Okieism. And Carlos would look at me like I was from some other planet. What he was looking for was some clarification of what in the world we were saying.
I think about this at school when I am talking to primary age children. As adults we say things that in our world make perfect sense, but in their world it is like we are aliens. Sometimes we do it just to see their reactions.
Each day at school teachers are working very hard in getting the message across to their students in math, reading, english, science, social studies, and in the fine arts. Most of the time we do a great job at communicating the message...but when we don't get it right...that is where you step in...the parent. We cannot do the job of educating alone and in a vacuum. We need your help desperately.. You know your child better than anyone...
Thanks for listening.
Mr. Smith
Several years ago I had the pleasure of going to Panama. It was life changing. I worked deep in the rain forest talk about primitive..No running water, no electricity and when night came it was dark.
Our interpreter was a young man by the name of Carlos..boy I miss that guy. He was sooo kind and always cared for all our needs while we were there.
What I remember most about Carlos was when he was interpreting for us and myself or a member of our group would use a slang..like raining cats and dogs or some Okieism. And Carlos would look at me like I was from some other planet. What he was looking for was some clarification of what in the world we were saying.
I think about this at school when I am talking to primary age children. As adults we say things that in our world make perfect sense, but in their world it is like we are aliens. Sometimes we do it just to see their reactions.
Each day at school teachers are working very hard in getting the message across to their students in math, reading, english, science, social studies, and in the fine arts. Most of the time we do a great job at communicating the message...but when we don't get it right...that is where you step in...the parent. We cannot do the job of educating alone and in a vacuum. We need your help desperately.. You know your child better than anyone...
Thanks for listening.
Mr. Smith
