teacher's pet.

i forgot to mention this in my post about chet finishing second grade, but thought it was a testament to his personality and that it deserved to be documented!

chet's teacher had this way of keeping the class in line - she had a chart on the wall with each child's name and 4 colored cards under their name to indicate how well they were behaving that day.

they all start the day with a green card. then, if they get in trouble for misbehaving (ie. not listening, bothering others, doddling in the hallways, etc.) they have to change their color.

green - good behavior.

yellow - first warning.

orange - second warning.

red - third warning.

our chetty bear was the only kid in the class to never once need to change his card from green. ever. never! 

(for the record, i don't necessarily think this is an accurate representation of how 'good' a student is, and don't really think it inspires little first graders who are constantly having to change their card color in front of their peers, but i am also not convinced there is a perfect way to discipline and/or praise a group of 20 very different personalities. for example, i loved watching chet go up and get his awards at the year end assembly, but my heart nearly broke when i watched one of the few kids in chet's class who didn't get an award as he sat alone in his row and cried. i always loved award ceremonies when i was growing up... because i always got lots of awards! and i am not sure i really thought much about the feelings of my classmates who didn't. i get that it is good to praise the kids that do well, but it doesn't seem fair to ruin the self-esteem of someone so little. i have no better idea of how to go about it.. but it i come up with one, i will be sure to share it with the world!)

anyways, back to chet! so far, he is proving to be a darling little fellow who will do so well in school. and that sure makes life easy for us!


and here is just a cute picture of us walking home from school one day..