Brainiacs...brainiacs on the run...

School, school and more school.  That is what has been going on on this show lately.  I am so glad that it is winter break from school right now for the both of us.  I really wish that I was on break from work too. In time I will be.  Yay...
 
I went to a parent-student-teacher conference before the break.  This was the first one of the year.  I thought that this was odd because I remember my mom attending conferences in October.  Apparently the school system is now on a trimester system which makes sense I guess. 
 
So the only time that I have talked with my son's teacher was briefly in the hall as I was leaving and she was arriving at school. It was a good introduction but I was so ready for the nitty gritty.  He has not had any problems, he has been progressing wonderfully and still learning so I did not see the need for to request a conference. 
 
He received his report card the previous week and it was stellar.  He knows all of the requirements that he is supposed to know for Kinder.  Honestly he knew many of them before he started school thanks to Mommy Preschool.  He also received a glowing report from his French teacher.  He participates and seems to enjoy French class according to her. I knew he enjoyed the class because he is always introducing French words into our conversations and completely throwing me for a loop.  He is also a pleasure to have in class. I was happy to hear this because sometimes homeboy can be off the hook at home. 
 
So on to the conference.  I will admit that I was nervous. I attended conferences with my sister when my mom was too ill and after she passed but that was a while ago.  It seems that when my child walks into his classroom he turns into someone else.  She told me that she has not had any behavior issues out of him.  I was like O_O He came home with a card about talking one time and she has to tell him to slow down when it's time to get in line.  That's it.  She also showed me his reading test scores and he got 100 percents on all 3 parts.  He even got a 100% on a concept that had not been covered in class yet. She also showed me some of his work.  He is making sentences.  One of theme was "I like Mom".  That made me happy.  There was also an award for the students that most exemplify that characteristics of Dr. MLK and she nominated my son. He did not win but that's ok.  I feel like this is just the beginning for my boy.  I know that I have a long way to go but I am thinking of the push I need to maintain for him to be an outstanding student and man in general.  I am still beaming about this.
 
I know now that it was for the best that his class got another teacher.  I like this teacher alot.  She seems to love teaching kinder.  She gets my respect for that because I don't think I could do it.  She has a really good attitude about the students and likes my boy alot.  My sister tells me how she sees her out playing with the kids at recess.  She appreciates that me and the family work so much with him academically.
 
School is going fine for me.  I had to take the first of my professional exams and I passed the reading and math.  I am still waiting on the writing scores. I am not even playing, I was sweating bullets when I was going over the study guide. I sometimes get test anxiety bad so I was starting to panic.  I calmed down with the help of an Oldgirl on Twi.tt.er and went to bed. I woke up with my mind on staying calm and worry free. I went in there and kicked that test's behind! YIPPEE!
 
I probably won't get back here in time so MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!
 
What's been going on with yall?