Whoohoo! First Day Of School

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 | Uncategorized


Well, it finally arrived. The wonderful and dreaded first day of school. Why is that? How can it possibly be both? Kids love summer vacation, but when August comes and the days creep steadily by, they *do* get excited about school. New clothes, new shoes, seeing old friends, meeting new ones, going to a new grade. And parents, they can*t wait to get their kids out of the house so they can stop sucking up all the electricity and eating them out of house and home. HA!

But after about a month, that all changes. They hate getting out of bed early in the morning, don*t want to do homework, and the novelty of new clothes has worn off. How do we as parents get them motivated to want to learn? How do we express to them that getting an education is the first key to their future?

I must say that I work at a predominately African American school where most of the kids are from low income, one-parent homes and it so hard to get them to *see* outside the confines of their neighborhood and realize they can make something of their lives. Okay…I jumped on one of my soap boxes. I*ll climb off now. LOL

Goals Set

I set some writing goals for myself today that I plan to begin tomorrow. The hectic first day of school has come and gone, I*ve settled into my library and have figured out how I*m going to re-automate all of my books without driving myself crazy, which should allow me about an hour during the day for writing (30 minutes before school starts and 30 minutes during lunch). And hopefully I*ll be able to steal 30 minutes or so in the evening after the kids go to bed to do some more. In about 9 months I*d like to complete my children*s middle level book, my cozy mystery, and a contemporary novel that I*m co-authoring with a friend. Wish me luck!

Smooches, Lyric

8 Comments to Whoohoo! First Day Of School

Cathie
August 22, 2006

Morning Lyric! Its Cathie, a reader.
Our summer isn’t over here til after Labor Day. So I only have my son who is a senior this fall, for school, so in some ways it gets easier but he needs alot of proding to get up on time, not miss the bus and all. But minor compared to the younger kids.
First time visiting your blog so I’m gonna read up to see what next for you in books :) You have a great week!

LISA WILLIAMS
August 22, 2006

Lyric, you pretty much summed up how it goes for school and what happens about a month later, too funny.

Deborah Chan
August 22, 2006

Good for you having Goals to set.

Shuck Ying
August 22, 2006

Lyric, have a great first day of school.

Cherie
August 22, 2006

Wow! That is alot to get done in 9 months. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Cherie J

Karen Erickson
August 23, 2006

Good for you on setting the goals, Lyric. You can do it!

So true about school. My son was so glad to get out and so anxious to go back. And now he’s all into it. I expect that to change soon. What a shame…

Pamela Tyner
August 23, 2006

My kids go to year-round school and they started back 5 weeks ago, so I’m at that one-month mark now. The great thing about year-round is that I can tell them, “Just stay focused for 4 more weeks and then you get a 3 week break!”

I loved hearing the thoughts from your soapbox. Very important issues!

jennybrat
August 24, 2006

Maybe inviting a speaker or alumni who has made a success out of his life? Or perhaps looking and discussing the life of someone who has overcome great adversities.

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