Wednesday, November 25, 2009
How to get your child out the door FAST
The cheese factor is high (as it is for nearly all Japanese TV), but there are some pretty good ideas on how to streamline a weekday morning routine.
Conferences ended yesterday. Out of a class of 28 fifth and sixth graders, we had to talk to five parents/grandparents about their student's consistent tardiness. In elementary school, it really isn't the child's fault when they are late to school - it has to be all parent. 6 out of 28 (there was one more, but it was a no-show) kids is a lot of regular tardies.
I know this school starts early - 8 AM - but it's not like the child is in kindergarten or anything. They are 10-12 year olds who are perfectly capable of waking up, dressing themselves, getting their school stuff together, and walking out the door when the parent does.
Is there whining? Stomp it out. Is there a late-waker? Get a louder alarm clock. Are they slow in the morning? Most of the time, this means that they are slow at any time of day. Which means you just need to get them to move faster.
I'm torn here because I do want the daily school schedule to change. School should NOT begin at the butt crack of dawn. But until that changes, get your student on campus, on time. Perhaps the following video will help the adults to move faster in the morning.
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LOL!!! XD XD XD
Great videos!!! XD Japan seriously needs this kind of thing... these people don't get nearly enough sleep, and there's a lot of problems because of that... though really, they should just not spend 12+ hours at the office every day, but that's getting into another issue...
Anyway, as you said, "School should NOT begin at the butt crack of dawn." Rather than looking at the issue as if it's the parents' problem for not getting their kid out the door, I think it's the school's problem. 6+ out of 28 kid's parents are voting with their actions that school starts too friggin early. So friggin early that they are forefitting the obedience of societal norms and the value of teaching their children punctuality in the face of it.
If kids are turning up tardy all the time, it might give the school boards more pause for thought. But if everybody's showing up on time, why change the status quo?
Rather than talking to parents as if THEY need to change, I'd compile tardiness statistics from other classes as well and take it upstairs to the school board peoples. Because THEY are the ones who need to change. Kids need sleep!!
Well, these parents are not exactly "model" parents. In some cases, Child Protective Services had been involved. Some parents still would probably not do their job properly, even if school started later.
If lawmakers and policy controllers really wanted to change things, they can. But they don't.
It is true, THEY do need to change, but until they make that decision themselves, no amount of outside influence will budge them. =\
DUDE!!! I LOVE HOW THAT GUY GETS OUT OF THE HOUSE IN UNDER 5 MINUTES... ESPECIALLY THE WAY HE PUTS HIS PANTS ON!!
hahaha. I dare you to try it! then tell me because I haven't figured out how to do it in real life yet. i think my carpet is impeding me in this project.
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