Last night my first born daughter graduated from the 5th grade. There was a big ceremony at the school -- no gown or mortar boards, but that was all that was missing. My girl is a great kid and gathered in 7 earned awards. I'm very proud of her.
That said, there were some interesting and funny things going on:
- Compared to my youngest daughter's graduation from pre-school (also complete with more awards than Carter has pills)... well, this will sound unkind, but, well, at pre-school, I couldn't help but notice how gosh darn cute nearly all the kids were. All of them. And it struck me then, well, not that many of us are cute now. So therefore most of us peak appearance-wise around age 5. By the end of 5th grade, the cute ratio has dropped to about 50%. Sad but true.
- My kids' public school doesn't suffer too much from awards-for-everybody syndrome. The vast majority of awards were for genuine accomplishments, although some were rather minor. Well done, school.
- But the music teacher went nuts with awards for perfect scores in the final grading period, the last two grading period, and for all grading periods. Plus awards for participating in chorus. Yeah, music is great and important, but it doesn't deserve 40% of the attention. On the other hand, Mrs. A is a hottie and she can stand up there all night if she wants to.
- Like I said, there were a lot of awards, mostly merit based, and really it was the same kids walking on stage over and over and over to gather up their certificates. But then came the award for perfect attendance... The speaker said this was an award for freakishly good immune systems, and as the kids stood on stage getting their pictures taken, I thought to myself "Emphasis on freakish". If we get hit with a major plague, Heaven help the human race.
what music played
i am trying to find music for a 5th grade slide show
Forever Young?? It is hard to get a song with clean lyrics that are meaningful for 11 year olds
Posted by: ang | February 03, 2008 at 06:42 PM