Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Don't Turn your Drama into Trauma

I have coined another phrase.
After R expresses boredom with the Math-U-See since it is on L's level, and I am making her and S sit through it and teach Lauren from the beginning, I decide I'll give her a lesson of her own in math.
So I grab "her" math book off her shelf, flip to the last done page and issue her the next. As she expresses some frustration I JOKINGLY say, Oh, so you are BORED with the baby Math-U-See, blah, blah blah.
When I see she is really serious and the tears are coming I decide to re-examine the situation.
Whoops.
The math book I grabbed was S's OLD book that I had placed on R's for use this year. I thought it was hers and flipped to the back where S had left off.
After apologizing profusely, I do realize she has completed the entire page after all.
So while she is having a breakdown of sorts, the work is pretty easy and she is just dramatizing to the point where it is becoming traumatizing.
Out of the blue I say, "Don't turn your drama into trauma"
And we all do that as women sometimes don't we?
Poor thing.
I bet she shows more interest in Math U See tomorrow.

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